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.
“AARE”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Asse · since 1991
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Action et Recherche en Education · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1969
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Abbreviation of ATLANTIC REAL ESTATE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1988
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Detailhandel in wapens en munitie · Seraing · since 1990
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Other building finishing work · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION RICHARD EMMANUELLE for AFRICA · Namur · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE REAL ESTATE · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ALLIANCE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2006
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Beringen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ARIANE REAL ESTATE · Liège · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Andries Racing Events · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Algemene Antwerpse Renovatie · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of AZURE REAL ESTATE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VOETBALCLUB ARBEID ADELT REKEM · Cafés and bars · Lanaken · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Retail sale of antiques · Brugge · since 2015
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2004
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Abbreviation of A.A.R.S. All Asbestos Removal Services · Storten of permanent opslaan · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Atelier d’Architecture Roufosse Delgrange · Activities of building architects · Herve · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Amicale de l'athénée royale de Lessines · Lessines · since 2003
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Gent · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · Wemmel · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2025
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Sint-Truiden · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ADAAR IMMO · Elsene · since 2007