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.
“AVAHO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lokeren · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2001
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Lubbeek · since 2004
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Kortessem · since 1987
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2015
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Other education · Hasselt · since 2009
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Jalhay · since 2010
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of AVA - PAPIERWAREN · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Temse · since 1956
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gavere · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ATELIER ARTS - VILLES - ARCHITECTURES · Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1993
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1990
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Insurance agents and brokers · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · Jette · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Arnaud Vanitterbeek Avocat · Activities of lawyers · Waterloo · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · since 2021
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Halle · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Verzekeringsagentschap · Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Essen · since 2015
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wingene · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wingene · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Vennootschap voor Aanplakkingen · Antwerpen · since 1970
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Zonhoven · since 1995