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.
“AREA”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Air conditioning and Refrigeration European Association · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of AREA HORTICULTUREAE · Insulation installation · Namur · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Zemst · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2008
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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Wervik · since 1997
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of EMMASO · Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2011
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Oudenaarde · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herselt · since 2007
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Boom · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Abbreviation of association royale des ecrivains et artistes de wallonie-bruxelles · Rixensart · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Retail Real Estate Association VZW · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Oud-Turnhout · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Action et Recherche en Education · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1969
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Abbreviation of ATLANTIC REAL ESTATE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION RICHARD EMMANUELLE for AFRICA · Namur · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2015
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Namur · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE REAL ESTATE · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Affligem · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ALLIANCE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ARIANE REAL ESTATE · Liège · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Black Flag · Fitness centres · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Andries Racing Events · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
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Abbreviation of AZURE REAL ESTATE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Land surveying · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Waremme · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Temse · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kalmthout · since 1984
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE RECYCLAGE EN GRONDWERKEN · Site preparation · Kalmthout · since 2001
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Abbreviation of ALLIANCE DES ROBINETIERS EUROPEENS · Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2013
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Brussel · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2020
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Aywaille · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2023
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Erpe-Mere · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Meise · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2001