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.
“Afro Aid”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association internationale des Documentaristes · Ukkel · since 1965
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Genk · since 1997
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Abbreviation of ACCOMPAGENEMENT INDIVIDUEL A DOMICILE · Vielsalm · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ACTION IN DEVELOPMENT · Sint-Truiden · since 2015
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION IMMOBILIERE DURBUYSIENNE · Development of residential building projects · Durbuy · since 2021
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News agency activities · since 1976
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ACT'IN DOUR · Dour · since 2024
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Seneffe · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION D'INFIRMIERES A DOMICILE · Tournai · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ALI ISMAIL DELIVERY · Other postal and courier activities · Roeselare · since 2023