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.
“ALWICO”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Putte · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Comblain-au-Pont · since 1996
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Computer programming · Merchtem · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van werkkleding · Ronse · since 1964
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lessines · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Aiseau-Presles · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · Deinze · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1979
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2023
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Beersel · since 1974
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Psychology services · Rebecq · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of KATHOLIEK SECUNDAIR ONDERWIJS SINT-WILLIBRORD · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Pelt · since 1991
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Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1993
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2002
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Machining of metals · Kuurne · since 2018
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Land surveying · Balen · since 2024
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Overijse · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van onderkleding