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.
“AARTEFACTO”
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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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Mettet · since 1980
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Nevade, Las Vegas · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of HELIOS · Design and construction of stages and sets · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 2002
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Retail sale of antiques · Aartselaar · since 2020
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EFFIXIS Belgium · Computer programming · Oudergem · since 2022
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Paris · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2007
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Lennik · since 2025
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Ans · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Arte-Fac, Association culturelle de l'Université catholique de Louvain sur le Site de Bruxelles · Other membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Association pour le Changement et la Transformation Organisationnelle · Elsene · since 2022
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Wholesale of machine tools · Lievegem · since 1998
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Other tax advisory services · Herentals · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tournai · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Rixensart · since 2024