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.
“Acadeo”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Wissen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association culturelle d'Activités Dansantes et sportives · Tournai · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Izegem · since 2012
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Belfort Catering · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Cultural education · since 2020
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Coopération et l'Auto-Développement · Ciney · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1998
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Computer programming · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Association des Directeurs de l'Enseignement Officiel · Oudergem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ACAD MANUTENTION LEVAGE · Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Flémalle · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · since 1991
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2022
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Saint-Nicolas · since 1995
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Abbreviation of AGHEM CULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION BELGIUM VZW · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2017