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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.

“Adevance”

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.

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  • 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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Adevance same name
    Other business support services · Harelbeke · since 2025
  • Advertising agencies · since 2001
  • Advance very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2007
  • ADVANCE very similar
    Fitness centres · Dilbeek · since 2007
  • Advance very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Boutersem · since 2008
  • Advertising agencies · since 2025
  • ADDVANCE very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2002
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ADEVA similar
    La Louvière · since 2007
  • ADEVA.NIV similar
    Activities of holding companies · Nivelles · since 2026
  • ADDRELEVANCE similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
  • AVANCE similar
    Name of an establishment of BEBY · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • Retail sale of games and toys · since 1986
  • Activities of building architects · since 1973
  • Retail sale of footwear · since 1992
  • Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1978
  • AVANCE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Eupen · since 2018
  • since 1991
  • Retail sale of footwear · since 1992
  • Other retail sale of food · since 1984
  • Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
  • Avance similar
    Name of an establishment of D&C Trading · Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Hasselt · since 2009
  • AVANCE similar
    Name of an establishment of BJNR BELGIUM · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ath · since 2012
  • AVance similar
    Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2025
  • ADEVICE similar
    Abbreviation of ADEQUATE ADVICE · Market research and public opinion polling · Brugge · since 1989
  • ADWANCE similar
    Name of an establishment of DUBOIS DAWANCE TRANSPORTS · Freight transport by road · Rochefort · since 2001
  • AIVANCE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • ANCE similar
    Abbreviation of L'Association laîque de Communautés éducatives · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1963
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2014
  • Forging of metal · since 1970
  • Vance similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herselt · since 2020
  • AVANCE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of VERT OLIVE · Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Bastogne · since 1997
  • Avance similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of D Jo Shoes · Retail sale of footwear · Mons · since 2014

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