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.
“AVR STAL”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of sports facilities · Jabbeke · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Achats, Ventes, Représentations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1945
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Roeselare · since 1968
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Abbreviation of ALEXANDER van RAVELS · Real estate agency activities · Grimbergen · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2024
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Operation of sports facilities
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Activities of interior architects · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Studentenraad Associatie Leuven · Leuven · since 2006
Names that resemble it 3 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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Plumbing work · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Wichelen · since 2025