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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.

“ZALB”

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.

  • ZALB same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2026
  • ZAL B same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of ZAL-B TRANS · Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2018
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ZAL similar
    Abbreviation of Zorgaanbieders Arrondissement Leuven · Leuven · since 1990
  • Z.A.L.M. similar
    Abbreviation of Zwemschool Antwerpen Liesbet Moers · Hemiksem · since 2017
  • ZALM similar
    Productie van televisieprogramma's · Gent · since 2007
  • ZALR similar
    Abbreviation of ZUT à la rue · Brugelette · since 2025
  • Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
  • ZALA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2013

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