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.
“Alterego Wines”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Lanaken · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Liège · since 2005
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Châtelet · Raising of other animals · Châtelet · since 1969
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Soignies · since 1995
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Hoegaarden · since 2000
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Verviers · since 2001
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Brugge · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MyFace · Hairdressing and barber services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of GM SPHERE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Zottegem · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Halen · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 2021
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Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · since 2004
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Affligem · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · VENDEVILLE · since 2026
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Péruwelz · since 2021
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Evere · since 2001
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Hasselt · since 2019
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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2000
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Aartselaar · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Mons · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2026
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Mons · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1995
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2007