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.
“ARGIA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2013
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2025
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Other education · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Kraainem · since 2004
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association of Accredited Public Policy Advocates to the European Union · Amay · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gesves · since 1993
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Computer programming · Oostkamp · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Edegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Recherche en Gestion · Brussel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Aqua-Repti-Gaume · Chiny · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Brecht · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ALMINE RECH GALLERY · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2006
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Activities of notaries · Rixensart · since 2023
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Interior design · since 2026
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Saint-Ghislain · since 1964
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1979
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Activities of building architects · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Fléron · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Enargia vzw · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Beersel · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Waterloo · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Orp-Jauche · since 1985