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.
“Alge”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Truiden · since 1952
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Land surveying · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Accountantsburo Lauwers Gent · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1972
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Real estate agency activities · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1987
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Zoutleeuw · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 1999
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Charnay-lès-Mâcon · since 1955
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Tourist information services · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2017
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other legal services · Waregem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of AKATON · Other information technology and computer services · Bekkevoort · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2024
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Algebra IT Solutions · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Evergem · since 2011
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Amstelveen · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 1982
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Vervaardiging van deegwaren · Wavre · since 1987
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association liégeoise des Guides-Animateurs · Liège · since 1995
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Maldegem · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2001
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP LABORATORY FOR GEMSTONE TESTING · Other technical testing and analysis · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · Lommel · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Harelbeke · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Namur · since 1991
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Logging · Brakel · since 2013
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Risk and damage evaluation · Chaudfontaine · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1975
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Event catering · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Fléron · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Transportbedrij · Antwerpen · since 1967
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Onhaye · since 1982
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Charleroi · since 1987
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of EXIT TWENTY · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Waregem · since 1988