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.
“ARADEN”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Mechelen · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Overijse · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2015
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Name of TEVHID HOLDING · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ardenne - Ruralite - Environnement - Nature · Vielsalm · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · Geetbets · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2000
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2012
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Forging of metal · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Atelier de réparation automobile de la Dyle SRL · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genappe · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Edegem · since 2026
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Sound recording · since 2020
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2005
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Computer programming · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Dental practice · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Elsene · since 1996
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Mortsel · since 2016