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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.

“AXVAN”

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.

  • AXVAN same name
    Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 2020
  • AXVAL (sole trader) very similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · since 2013
  • AXVAT very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Middelkerke · since 2015
  • ARVAN very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1991
  • Axian very similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Hemiksem · since 1995
  • ALVAN very similar
    Vervaardiging van aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Brugge · since 1995
  • ADVAN very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Pelt · since 2014
  • Alvan very similar
    Zele · since 2016
  • ALVAN very similar
    Abbreviation of CALLENS - VANDE WALLE · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tielt · since 2008
  • AXMAN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2007
  • AXLAN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2007
  • Ayvan very similar
    Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2024
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AXVA similar
    Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Avelgem · since 2014

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