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.
“Akt”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of AKT For Wallonia · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Namur · since 1975
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Activities of holding companies · Tienen · since 1986
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Académie Karaté Tornatore · Visé · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ACTUELE KWALITATIEVE TANDHEELKUNDE · Dental practice · Laakdal · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ArchiteKT · Activities of building architects · Nijlen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of AMEEL KOELTECHNIEK · Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1985
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Activities of head offices · Leuven · since 2014
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other construction installation · Bonheiden · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Afghan kultory tolona Roeselare · Roeselare · since 2023
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Tubize · since 1976
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 1996
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Gavere · since 1999
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Elsene · since 2001
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Abbreviation of AKTUM, geassocieerde notarissen · Activities of notaries · Waregem · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2002
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Activities of lawyers · Ichtegem · since 2014
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Heuvelland · since 2015
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1986
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zaventem · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 2008
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lokeren · since 2026
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Abbreviation of L'Association culturelle éducative et sportive albanaise Abdullah Krasnica · Namur · since 1994
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Elsene · since 1996
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Abbreviation of ALLEN KEAPLER · Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Aïkido Kimusubi · Ukkel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of ANNICK KELCHTERMANS · Zonhoven · since 2015
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE KANGOUROU · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Lommel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Averbode Klassiek · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Association Kuiliga · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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General medical practice · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · Halle · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2010
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Architectuur Kortrijk · Harelbeke · since 2008
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Abbreviation of At'Kine · Vorst · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Boussu · since 2016