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.
“AORTA”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Oosterzele · since 2001
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Other specialised design activities · Gent · since 2009
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Zemst · since 2011
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Abbreviation of AORTA TRAINING CENTER · Operation of sports facilities · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of VDS CONCEPTS · Machining of metals · Izegem · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · Olen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of A.T.D. · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Ternat · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Landscape service activities · Diepenbeek · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Other education · since 2015
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Maaseik · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Evergem · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2026
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hilversum · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP OFFICE REBUILDING · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ACT ON RISK · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2007
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Roofing work · Estaimpuis · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of LES COMPTOIRS D'ORTA · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Elsene · since 2016