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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ASHLER”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ASHLER same name
    Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Halen · since 2025
  • ASHLEY very similar
    Name of an establishment of SAM · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • Support activities for animal production · since 1993
  • Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2025
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Name of an establishment of PROFAB Construct · Roofing work · Maldegem · since 2017
  • ASH LAW similar
    Activities of lawyers · Neupré · since 2021
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2003

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