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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Alterwise”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Alterwise same name
    Risk and damage evaluation · Mol · since 2021
  • Alterise very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ALTWISE similar
    Computer programming · Pajottegem · since 2026
  • ALTER similar
    Mons · since 2001
  • ALTER similar
    Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2015
  • ALTER similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
  • ALTER similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2015
  • ALTER similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
  • Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
  • ALTER similar
    Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
  • ALTER similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
  • ALTERWAYS similar
    Computer programming · Elsene · since 2018
  • WATER WISE similar
    Sports and recreation education · Zandhoven · since 2025
  • ALTERA similar
    Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1994
  • ALTERO similar
    Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · Bertem · since 2014
  • Advertising agencies · since 1994
  • ALTER S similar
    Abbreviation of ALTER SELECTION · Other education · Liège · since 2016
  • Altery similar
    Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2021
  • Alter-M similar
    Activities of lawyers · Huy · since 2011
  • Alter-K similar
    Abbreviation of ALTER-KASAÏ · Brussel · since 2012
  • ALTERA similar
    Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2007
  • ALWISE similar
    Psychology services · Rebecq · since 2024
  • AlterSense similar
    Psychology services · Tielt · since 2025
  • ALTE similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Tremelo · since 2014
  • ALTER similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1993

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