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.
“Alternator”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Wetteren · since 2008
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's Gravenhage · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · Tournai · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ALTERNA · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Courcelles · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Flémalle · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen
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Site preparation · Charleroi · since 2026
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1976
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Travel agency activities · Ternat · since 1987
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Gent · since 1987
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Vocational training · Hasselt · since 1985
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Haaltert · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Atelier Alternatief · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Genk · since 1998
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Other personal services · Gent · since 2000
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Other specialised construction activities · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · Haaltert · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Esneux · since 2019
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Socio-cultural adult education · Florennes · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2008
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Brussel · since 2009
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of CHRISTLICHE ARBEITERBEWEGUNG INTEGRATION · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Eupen · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Eupen · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2021
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Socio-cultural adult education · Liège · since 2021
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Gewoon technisch en beroepssecundair onderwijs ingericht door de Gemeenschappen · Hasselt · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Profondeville · since 2007
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Abbreviation of AlternatiV Boussu-Hornu ASBL · Boussu · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2015
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Fleurus · since 2016
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Frameries · since 2006
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Charleroi · since 1990
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brussel · since 2023
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Bornem · since 2026
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1996
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Other retail sale of new goods · Namur · since 2013
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Vocational training · Hasselt · since 2016
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Aartselaar · since 2007
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Wholesale of live animals · Hasselt · since 1987
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Flémalle · since 1997
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 1987