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.
“Ashra”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Ans · since 2022
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Cultural education · Leuven · since 2009
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Asse · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Other business support services · Gistel · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · La Louvière · since 2018
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Other education · since 2020
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Other business support services · Oostkamp · since 2020
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Book publishing · Ukkel · since 2023
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Site preparation · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association de Soutien et d'Entraide aux Ressortissants Africains · Liège · since 2025
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Other financial services · Deerlijk · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Association Sportive Herstalienne · Herstal · since 1951
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Abbreviation of A.S.H. FRANCE · Paris 9e · since 1983
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Sociaal Hulpfonds · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Trade name of Arne Stéphanie Herbots · Computer programming · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Mechelen · since 2022
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MALAKOFF · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MARY, LIGNE & BEAUTE · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Mons · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Ambachtelijke Slagerij Houben · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Maaseik · since 2023
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Abbreviation of As-Salaam Hikers · Gent · since 2024
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since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2018
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Torhout · since 2023