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.
“ARGANE”
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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · Tielt · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schoten · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Mol · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Château · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ARGANA Espace Culturel Marocain de Bruxelles · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Insurance agents and brokers · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MER GROUPE · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Liège · since 1986
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gesves · since 1993
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since 1995
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Elsene · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Mouscron · since 2001
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Other education · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Venly · Computer programming · Willebroek · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Malmedy · since 2021
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Seraing · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ARCANE GAUME · Virton · since 2022
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of STUDIHOO · Other non-specialised retail sale · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Aywaille · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
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Activiteiten van centra voor geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Morlanwelz · since 2007
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Sound recording · Hasselt · since 2024
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Sint-Niklaas · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Vonque · Activities of interior architects · Enghien · since 1999
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Mondorf-les-Bains · since 2014
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Wavre · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Guinese Onderdanen en Vrienden van de Kempen · Turnhout · since 2022
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tournai · since 2013
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Visual arts creation · Courcelles · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vorst · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Deinze · since 2022
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 2012