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.
“ARAEY”
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.
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Activities of holding companies · Mortsel · since 2020
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Raising of horses and other equines · Geetbets · since 2026
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Centre d'accompagnement et de Formation pour adultes · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Riding Association · Antwerpen · since 1960
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Other printing · Grobbendonk · since 1983
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Other retail sale of food · Edegem · since 1989
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1991
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · De Panne · since 1993
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since 1997
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Abbreviation of Arterial asbl · Rixensart · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of JMF · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Acceuil -Rencontre - Amitié · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ARA Schilderwerken · Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ATELIER RUIMTELIJK ADVIES · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Brussel · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Waterloo · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Aurora · Activities of other sports clubs · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of A.R.A Boxing Club Arlon · Arlon · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Artelier · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Affligem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Beriwan · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lontzen · since 2012