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.
“Almano”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dental practice · Hove · since 2008
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Brugge · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · La Louvière · since 2021
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Brugge · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Herselt · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2003
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Wavre · since 1998
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Leuven · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Association des Licenciés de l'Ecole d'Application(A.L.A.)-Alumnivereniging van de Licentiaten van de Applicatieschool(A.L.A.) · Brussel · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of Société Internationale de Gestion et de Gérance · Combined facilities support activities · Brussel · since 1975
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1981
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Ukkel · since 1992
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Vorst · since 1993
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Bouillon · since 1995
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Detailhandel in boeken · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hove · since 2013
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Liège · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuven · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Diksmuide · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Plastering work · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2005
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Gent · since 2026
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Jette · since 2017
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2018
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · since 2022
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2025
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Oudergem · since 2026
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Ath la Manage Athlétisme · Bernissart · since 1966
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Rochefort · since 1983
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Zwevegem · since 1990
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Anderlecht · since 1991
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Elsene · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2018
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Quaregnon · since 2022
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Waterloo · since 1962
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since 2018