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.
“Akotec”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Helmond · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of LAROE · Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2022
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Other business support services · Torhout · since 2023
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Teelt van specerijgewassen en van aromatische en medicinale gewassen · Meise · since 2023
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Retail sale of other household articles · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Psychology services · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Activities of building architects · Deinze · since 2001
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bütgenbach · since 2025
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Aalst · since 1992
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Plumbing work · Roeselare · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Deerlijk · since 2000
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of BC FOOD · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beringen · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Morlanwelz · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Brussel · since 2017
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Construction of roads and motorways · Nazareth · since 1975