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.
“Akabe”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Anders Kan Best · Sint-Niklaas · since 1969
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 1996
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Interior design · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Leopoldsburg · since 2013
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Pelt · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2001
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Computer programming · Rixensart · since 2012
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Waregem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of KANTU KEETU BOOSO · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Elsene · since 1997
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Risk and damage evaluation · Kontich · since 2013
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Machining of metals · since 2021
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Visé · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SCOUTS EN GIDSEN SINT-JAN BERCHMANS AKABE AALST · Aalst · since 2007
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Turnhout · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Advieskantoor voor Accountancy en Bedrijfsbeheer · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Evergem · since 1972
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Destelbergen · since 2020
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Brecht · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NEPTUMAR · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1985
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vorst · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION KOEKELBERGEOISE ARTISTIQUE · Koekelberg · since 1999
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Abbreviation of APERS BRAM ELECTRICITEITSWERKEN · General electrical installation work · Lier · since 2002
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Kortrijk · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Brussels Agentschap voor Ondernemerschap · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Arnaut Kint Avocat · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Advanced Belgian Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ALLERGIENET · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Lebbeke · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ART DU BATIMENT & DE L ENERGIE SA · General electrical installation work · Fleurus · since 2011
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2004
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Abbreviation of AK-Akademy · Sambreville · since 2024
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Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Arnis Koredas Academy · Sambreville · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Anorexie Boulimie Ensemble · Liège · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Trade name of BIONICS SOLUTIONS · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Liège · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Tattenejum · Development of residential building projects · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Eupen · since 2004
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Other education · Mechelen · since 2004