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.
“Alvofa”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Diksmuide · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Ukkel · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalst · since 2026
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Temse · since 1952
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Oostburg · since 1993
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Other financial services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1966
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 1990
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Elsene · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of FOOD ENTERPRISE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2023
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Mechelen · since 1956