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.
“AVANST”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Bertem · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Dental practice · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Aalst · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Temse · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmiddelen van licht metaal · Bornem · since 2006
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Herentals · since 1988
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostende · since 1991
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Avansa Oost-Brabant · Socio-cultural adult education · Leuven · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2026
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As · since 1999
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Evergem · since 2015
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Evergem · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2010
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Aalst · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Vosselaar · since 2025
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Psychology services · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2022
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Boom · since 1969
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1989
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Etterbeek · since 1991
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Retail sale of footwear · Zandhoven · since 1993
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Real estate agency activities · Waterloo · since 2000
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General cleaning of buildings · Brugge · since 2003
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Jabbeke · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of BEBY · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 1986
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Activities of building architects · since 1973
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Lichtervelde · since 2015
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1992
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1978
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gavere · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Eupen · since 2018
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since 1991
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1992
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Other retail sale of food · since 1984
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Onderwijs voor sociale promotie · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other business support services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kontich · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BJNR BELGIUM · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ath · since 2012
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · since 1989
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Herk-de-Stad · since 2003
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Vocational training · Charleroi · since 2003
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2025
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Rijkevorsel · since 1928
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Turnhout · since 1983
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Brussel · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of VERT OLIVE · Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Bastogne · since 1997