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.
“ARCOS BVC”
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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Investigation and private security services · Zottegem · since 2000
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of J.P. De Jaegere Architectenbureau · Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1992
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Retie · since 1999
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Landscape service activities · Tenneville · since 2020
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Other business support services · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Beringen · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wemmel · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ARCO - H · Other specialised construction activities · Cerfontaine · since 1996
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Dendermonde · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Lokeren · since 2002
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Herk-de-Stad · since 2015
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Koksijde · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of ARCO MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Walhain · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1986
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Site preparation · Herk-de-Stad · since 2007
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Westerlo · since 2024
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ukkel · since 2025
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Roofing work · Berlaar · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Alliance pour la Renaissance Congolaise · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2026