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.
“Afich”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Animation, Formation, Information, Cöordination · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Administrative, Financial & Commercial Support · Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Association des Commerçants et Indépendants de Chaudfontaine · Chaudfontaine · since 1978
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Associasione Famiglie Italienne · Genk · since 1955
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Abbreviation of AF SERENITY · Fléron · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION FRATERNELLE INTERNATIONALE · genève · since 2000
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Warehousing and storage · Grimbergen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Audaces Fortuna Iuvat · Meise · since 2024
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Trade name of Audaces Fortuna Iuvat · Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2016