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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“AVOUX”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AVOUX same name
    Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 1995
  • Aloux very similar
    Sports and recreation education · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • A.V.O similar
    Abbreviation of Affligemse Vrije Omroep · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Haaltert · since 1981
  • A.V.O. similar
    Abbreviation of Association pour la sauvegarde du Plateau du Val d'Or · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
  • AVO similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Evere · since 1994
  • A.V.O. similar
    Abbreviation of ALGEMENE VERDELGING VAN ONGEDIERTE · Other building finishing work · Zandhoven · since 1997
  • AVO vzw similar
    Abbreviation of Alle Verenigingen Ourodenberg vzw · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Aarschot · since 2018
  • AVO similar
    Lanaken · since 2014
  • AVO similar
    Abbreviation of Olivia Venet Avocate · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2021
  • AVO similar
    Specialist medical practice · Oostende · since 2025
  • A.V.O. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Alle Verenigingen van Ourodenberg · Aarschot · since 1971

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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