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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Alstad”

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.

Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Alstad same name
    Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • ALSTAR very similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ALSTANOX similar
    Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Liedekerke · since 1977
  • DWAALSTAD similar
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1955
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet boarding · since 2024
  • AL STYL similar
    Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Koekelberg · since 2017
  • ALSTON similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
  • ALSTEF similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2023
  • STAD similar
    Development of residential building projects · Wielsbeke · since 2021
  • STAD similar
    Translation services · Brugge · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Freight transport by road · since 2004

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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