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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.

“AREAL”

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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.

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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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AREAL same name
    Computer programming · Boom · since 2021
  • Areaal very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2020
  • Area7 very similar
    Advertising agencies · Oostkamp · since 2021
  • AREAW very similar
    Abbreviation of association royale des ecrivains et artistes de wallonie-bruxelles · Rixensart · since 2009
  • ARENAL very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Vorst · since 1998
  • ARBEAL very similar
    Operation of sports facilities · Brussel · since 2014
  • AS REAL very similar
    Trade name of As Real Société Privée Responsabilité Limitée Unipersonnelle · Sofia · since 2015
  • AREWAL very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Andenne · since 2015
  • Full-service restaurants
  • WA REAL very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Kruisem · since 2018
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2022
  • areas very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2001
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AREA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 1980
  • AREA similar
    Abbreviation of Air conditioning and Refrigeration European Association · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1990
  • AREA similar
    Abbreviation of AREA HORTICULTUREAE · Insulation installation · Namur · since 1990
  • Area similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1989
  • AREA similar
    Zemst · since 1999
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1999
  • AREA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2008
  • Other human health activities · since 2026
  • AREALIS similar
    Land surveying · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · since 2025
  • ARTBOREAL similar
    Landscape service activities · Ukkel · since 1989
  • Area 21 similar
    Wervik · since 1997
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
  • Areadh similar
    Namur · since 2015
  • Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1998
  • AREA44 similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Affligem · since 2008
  • AREA 53 similar
    Name of an establishment of EMMASO · Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2011
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2005
  • AREA21 similar
    Name of an establishment of Black Flag · Fitness centres · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • AREA52 similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oostkamp · since 2026
  • A.R.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Action et Recherche en Education · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1969
  • A.R.E. similar
    Abbreviation of ATLANTIC REAL ESTATE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1988
  • A.R.E similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION RICHARD EMMANUELLE for AFRICA · Namur · since 2014
  • ARE² similar
    Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
  • A-R-E similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2015
  • ARE³ similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
  • ARE similar
    Abbreviation of ACADEMIE REAL ESTATE · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2022
  • ARE similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2012
  • ARE similar
    Abbreviation of ALLIANCE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2006
  • A.R.E similar
    Abbreviation of ARIANE REAL ESTATE · Liège · since 2008
  • ARE similar
    Abbreviation of Andries Racing Events · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
  • ARE similar
    Abbreviation of AZURE REAL ESTATE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
  • ALU-REAL similar
    Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Brasschaat · since 1997
  • AREAVET similar
    Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Waremme · since 2021
  • A-RENTAL similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Bocholt · since 2022
  • ART + DEAL similar
    Wholesale of other household goods · Schoten · since 2008
  • AREADNE similar
    Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Temse · since 2009
  • ARESBAL similar
    Abbreviation of Association des ressortissants Bamendjou de Liège et environs · Fléron · since 2023
  • A.R.E.A. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1987
  • AREA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997

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