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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.

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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.

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  • 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

27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Arternative same name
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • Alternative very similar
    Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1976
  • ALTERNATIVE very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Etterbeek · since 2013
  • ALTERNATIVE very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
  • ALTER NATIVE very similar
    Physiotherapy · Esneux · since 2019
  • Alter-Native very similar
    Socio-cultural adult education · Florennes · since 2020
  • AlterNative (sole trader) very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
  • ALTER-NATIVE very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2008
  • ALTERNATIVE very similar
    Brussel · since 2009
  • Alter-native (sole trader) very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
  • ALTERNATIVE very similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2008
  • Alternative very similar
    Name of an establishment of CHRISTLICHE ARBEITERBEWEGUNG INTEGRATION · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Eupen · since 2023
  • Alternative (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
  • Alternative very similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Eupen · since 2026
  • L'Alternative very similar
    Other social work without accommodation · Châtelet · since 1985
  • L'Alternative very similar
    Youth work associations · Fleurus · since 1998
  • Alternative B very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2021
  • Alternatives very similar
    Socio-cultural adult education · Liège · since 2021
  • L'Alternative very similar
    Gewoon lager onderwijs, n.e.g. · Bertrix · since 2022
  • ALTERNATIVE 5 very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Profondeville · since 2007
  • Alternatives + very similar
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
  • ALTERNATIV very similar
    Name of an establishment of ALTERNA · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Schaarbeek · since 1993
  • ARTe N'ATIVA very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudergem · since 2011
  • ALTERNATIVA very similar
    Gent · since 1987
  • ALTERNATIVA very similar
    Haaltert · since 1990
  • ALTERNATIVE S.C. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
  • Alternatives very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Flémalle · since 1997
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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