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Name check

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.

“AZB”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AZB same name
    Computer programming · Grobbendonk · since 2019
  • AZB - BZV very similar
    Abbreviation of Association Zen de Belgique · Elsene · since 1988
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AZBE similar
    Abbreviation of Azimut bien-être · Other sports activities · Ferrières · since 2019
  • AZBW similar
    Abbreviation of Association zen du Brabant Wallon · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
  • AZBC similar
    Abbreviation of AZ BIOTECH CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2011
  • AZBA similar
    Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2025
  • AZBAT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Soumagne · since 2016
  • AZ similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
  • Andere vervoerondersteunende activiteiten · since 2021
  • AZ similar
    Abbreviation of L'année Zéro · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
  • AZ similar
    Abbreviation of Aw-Zar · Brussel · since 2011
  • A.Z similar
    Abbreviation of AARGAUER ZEITUNG A..G. · BADEN · since 2001

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