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.
“ALVILBO”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Wuustwezel · since 2000
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2024
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Lasne · since 1968
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 1990
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Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Blankenberge · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BOUWONDERNEMING · General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DOCTEUR ALINE BODLET - PNEUMOLOGUE · Specialist medical practice · Arlon · since 2014
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bureau Albert BEAUBOIRE · Insurance agents and brokers · Somme-Leuze · since 2020
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Plastering work · since 2023
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 2001
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Name of I LOVE SANDWICHES · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Jette · since 2011
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Panne · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Lommel · since 1989
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Machining of metals · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2008