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.
“ARFACO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES ARDENNES-FAMENNE-CONDROZ · Dinant · since 1999
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1996
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ronse · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Parachèvement et Fabrication pour Constructions · Ganshoren · since 1968
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Jette · since 2016
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ARFAZ INDUSTRIELE REINIGING BV · Spijkenisse · since 1987
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Vermogensbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Braine-le-Château · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · La Louvière · since 2021