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.
“ARBADIS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nivelles · since 2021
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Etterbeek · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2022
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Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Jette · since 2007
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 1995
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Mortsel · since 1968
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1986
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Malle · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Association de didacticiens en Sciences · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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WASQUEHAL · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ARDIS Information Systems · Computer programming · Aalter · since 1990
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · La Hulpe · since 1998
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Wholesale of timber · Balen · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leopoldsburg · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1985
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Jette · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2025