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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Abstractive same name
    Computer programming · Aalst · since 2016
  • Sole trader very similar
    Development of residential building projects · since 2000
  • Abstract very similar
    Name of an establishment of Milkshake Label ASBL · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · La Louvière · since 2019
  • AbstracT very similar
    Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
  • ABSTRACTION very similar
    Computer programming · Turnhout · since 1979
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
  • ABSTRACTICUS similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2016
  • ABSTRACTART similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Oudergem · since 2005
  • Abstractular similar
    Uitgeven van computerspellen · Bierbeek · since 2023
  • ASBL ACTIVE similar
    Abbreviation of Association Culturelle Turque pour l'intégration à Verviers et Environs · Cafés and bars · Verviers · since 1978
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
  • ABSTRA similar
    Advertising agencies · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
  • ABSTRAK similar
    Name of an establishment of JU-JU · Other business support services · Assenede · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
  • ABSTRAKT similar
    Business and other management consultancy · De Haan · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • ABS TRANS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2013

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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