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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“AREIC”

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.

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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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AREIC same name
    since 2021
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AREIMA similar
    Activities of holding companies · As · since 2015
  • Areion similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2023
  • AREION similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Herent · since 2008
  • 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
  • AREIOON similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Ninove · since 1991
  • REIC similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Wielsbeke · since 1968
  • REIC similar
    Abbreviation of Real Estate Investment Company · Schoten · since 2024
  • R.E.I.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of EXTERNA GENT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Deinze · since 2003

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