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.
“ARFILA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Logging · Ciney · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1997
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Other education · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1989
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Aménagements, Rénovations, Finitions et Isolations · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2012
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Brussel · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Oupeye · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Association de Recherche et de Formation sur l'Insertion en Europe · Vocational training · Brussel · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Waregem · since 1999
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Roofing work · Zandhoven · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · Affligem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Aurélie Roulin - FISC · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Philippeville · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of FILA BENELUX · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Brussel · since 1983
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Biella · since 1986
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Ukkel · since 1962