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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.

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  • 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.
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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ARBAT same name
    Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · La Hulpe · since 1998
  • ARBAB very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leopoldsburg · since 2010
  • Other business support services · since 2025
  • Garbat very similar
    Wemmel · since 1984
  • PARBAT very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 2014
  • SARBAT very similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • MARBAT very similar
    Painting of buildings · Ninove · since 2019
  • AIRBAT very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
  • ARBATI very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Anderlecht · since 2001
  • ARIBAT very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2000
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ARBA similar
    Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Mortsel · since 1968
  • ARBATAX similar
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2025
  • ARBARO similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2016
  • ARBAMI similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Stoumont · since 2017
  • Arbaco similar
    Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2017
  • ARBAGO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Saint-Ghislain · since 2021
  • ARBAJO similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Nivelles · since 2022
  • Arbaja similar
    Activities of holding companies · Wetteren · since 2022
  • Arbane similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
  • ARBAJI similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2008
  • ARBAMA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2026
  • ARB similar
    Namur · since 1979
  • A.R.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Assistance Radio Bruxelles · Jette · since 1981
  • ARB similar
    Abbreviation of MASSON EN Co CONSULTANTS · Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 1984
  • A.R.B. similar
    Waregem · since 1990
  • ARB similar
    Abbreviation of ART - REPARATION - BETON · Other building finishing work · Herstal · since 1994
  • A.R.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Chateau de Vierset · Activities of building architects · Destelbergen · since 1994
  • A.R.B. similar
    Name of an establishment of ANTOING RECYCLAGE BETONS · Materials recovery from waste · Antoing · since 1998
  • A.R.B. similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Brecht · since 1999
  • A.R.B. similar
    Abbreviation of L'alliance des roumains en Belgique · Evere · since 2022
  • ARB similar
    Abbreviation of Les Archers des Remparts de Binche · Binche · since 2023
  • Insurance agents and brokers · Middelkerke · since 2026
  • ARBASAN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2016
  • Landscape service activities · since 2019
  • ARBAFid similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Seneffe · since 2020
  • ARBADIS similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nivelles · since 2021
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2010
  • ARTEBAT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Assesse · since 2007
  • ARTI-BAT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
  • Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2026
  • ARTIBAT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Anhée · since 2026
  • R.B.A.T similar
    Abbreviation of ROC BUISSON ARDENT TABERNACLE · Schaarbeek · since 2013
  • A.R.B. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Damme · since 1978
  • A.R.B. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ADVIES EN REORGANISATIE BUREAU · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1989

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