Name check
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.
“ALTERNET”
An active company already has this name
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.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Alternet, the European Science-Policy Interface on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brussel · since 2020
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Veterinary services · Namur · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Verlaine · since 2024
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Trooz · since 2024
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brussel · since 2023
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Bornem · since 2026
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Mons · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Alter-Nos Comunicacion Integral · Youth work associations · Elsene · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2004
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
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Site preparation · Charleroi · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Beheer van financiële markten · Tournai · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1994
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · Bertem · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ALTER SELECTION · Other education · Liège · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Huy · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ALTER-KASAÏ · Brussel · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2007
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Other retail sale of food · Tournai · since 1987
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Charleroi · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Courcelles · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Flémalle · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2012
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Wetteren · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Halle · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Hotton · since 2001
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Hoeilaart · since 2024
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Wholesale of live animals · Hasselt · since 1987
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 1987
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Liège · since 1993