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.
“Distribution A.C.B.”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Grez-Doiceau · since 1978
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Houyet · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of EDIPE · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Comines-Warneton · since 2003
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Elsene · since 1964
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of "I.D.E.A. S.C" · Market research and public opinion polling · Mons · since 1956
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Name of an establishment of Commune de Hélécine · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Hélécine · since 1977
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Abbreviation of DISCOUNT HORRIFIANT DISTRIBUTION · Other non-specialised retail sale · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2000
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Plombières · since 2011
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kontich · since 2004
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2015
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2021
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zwalm · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Esneux · since 2025
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2005
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Charleroi · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of ABR concept · General construction of residential buildings · Kampenhout · since 2006
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Hélichryse Distribution · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Lommel · since 2020
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Roosdaal · since 2006
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2008
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Gent · since 2024
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Estaimpuis · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Estaimpuis · since 1968
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1980
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Tourcoing · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sivry-Rance · since 2000
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Philippeville · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lierneux · since 2003
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Waterloo · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waterloo · since 2017
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Advanced Technology Distribution · General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Liège · since 2022
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LE MANS · since 2023
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Other business support services · Herselt · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BEETS RIGOT DISTRIBUTION · Vervaardiging van wapens en munitie · Wavre · since 2004
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Quaregnon · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2007
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Wholesale of other household goods · Tubize · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2001
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Freight transport by road · Chimay · since 2009
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Heuvelland · since 2010
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Other information technology and computer services · Enghien · since 2000
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Andenne · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Manage · since 2018
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Bernissart · since 1990
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since 1995
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since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2004