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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Alter Form same name
    Vocational training · Liège · since 1988
  • ALTER very similar
    Mons · since 2001
  • ALTER very similar
    Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2015
  • ALTER very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
  • ALTER very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2015
  • ALTER very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
  • ALTER very similar
    Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
  • ALTER very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
  • ALTER very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1993
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • alterforhum similar
    Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
  • Alter-M similar
    Activities of lawyers · Huy · since 2011
  • ALTERFIN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1994
  • ALTERFIN similar
    Abbreviation of ALTERFIN GARANTIEFONDS · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2000
  • Altinform similar
    Antwerpen · since 1973
  • Alterfabs similar
    Manufacture of other wood products · Elsene · since 2017
  • ALTERFIRE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
  • Alterflow similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Keerbergen · since 2020
  • ALTERA similar
    Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1994
  • ALTERO similar
    Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · Bertem · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 1994
  • ALTER S similar
    Abbreviation of ALTER SELECTION · Other education · Liège · since 2016
  • Altery similar
    Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2021
  • Alter-K similar
    Abbreviation of ALTER-KASAÏ · Brussel · since 2012
  • ALTERA similar
    Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2025
  • ALTE similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Tremelo · since 2014

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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