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Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.

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The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

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What this check does and does not say

  • We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
  • This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

Same or very similar names

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ALTERNA same name
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Schaarbeek · since 1993
  • Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen
  • Alterna same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of live animals · Hasselt · since 1987
  • ALTERNAO very similar
    Site preparation · Charleroi · since 2026
  • ALTERNATY BV very similar
    's Gravenhage · since 2018
  • ALTERNO very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brussel · since 2023
  • Alterno very similar
    Bornem · since 2026
  • ALTERNA'TIF very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Flémalle · since 2019
  • ALTERNO very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Joinery installation · Brugge · since 1987
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AlterNatur similar
    Other retail sale of food · Tournai · since 1987
  • Alternance similar
    Charleroi · since 1990
  • ALTERNATIF similar
    Cafés and bars · Courcelles · since 1999
  • ALTERNATIF similar
    Activities of building architects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2002
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
  • AlterNatal similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2012
  • Alternator similar
    Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Wetteren · since 2008
  • ALTER similar
    Mons · since 2001
  • ALTER similar
    Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2015
  • ALTER similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
  • ALTER similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2015
  • ALTER similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
  • Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
  • ALTER similar
    Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
  • ALTER similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
  • ALTERNET similar
    Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2000
  • Alter-Nos similar
    Abbreviation of Alter-Nos Comunicacion Integral · Youth work associations · Elsene · since 2014
  • Alternet similar
    Abbreviation of Alternet, the European Science-Policy Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brussel · since 2020
  • ALTERNUM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2004
  • AlternIT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Verlaine · since 2024
  • ALTERNOT similar
    Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Trooz · since 2024
  • Alternative similar
    Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1976
  • ALTERNATIEF similar
    Travel agency activities · Ternat · since 1987
  • ALTERNATIVA similar
    Gent · since 1987
  • Alternatief similar
    Vocational training · Hasselt · since 1985
  • ALTERNATIVA similar
    Haaltert · since 1990
  • Alternatief similar
    Name of an establishment of Atelier Alternatief · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Genk · since 1998
  • ALTERNATIEF similar
    Other personal services · Gent · since 2000
  • ALTERNADYVE similar
    Office administrative and support services · Overijse · since 2013
  • ALTERNATIVE similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Etterbeek · since 2013
  • ALTERNATEEV similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
  • ALTERNATIEF similar
    Office administrative and support services · Haaltert · since 2016
  • ALTERNATIVE similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
  • ALTER NATIVE similar
    Physiotherapy · Esneux · since 2019
  • Alter-Native similar
    Socio-cultural adult education · Florennes · since 2020
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
  • ALTER-NATIVE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2008
  • ALTERNATIVE similar
    Brussel · since 2009
  • Alternakult similar
    Jette · since 2012
  • ALTERN-ACTIF similar
    Genappe · since 2005
  • Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
  • ALTERNATIVE similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2008
  • Alternative similar
    Name of an establishment of CHRISTLICHE ARBEITERBEWEGUNG INTEGRATION · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Eupen · since 2023
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
  • ALTER similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1993

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