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.
“ARGUS-ARTEXPERT”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Mechelen · since 1987
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1974
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Sint-Truiden · since 1977
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Elsene · since 1985
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Malle · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ARGUS VASTGOED · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Steenokkerzeel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ARGUS - JURIDISCH ADVIES - ARGUS - CONSEIL JURIDIQUE · Activities of lawyers · Grimbergen · since 1992
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Koksijde · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Wholesale of other food products · since 1961
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Brugge · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van isolatoren en isolatiemateriaal, van keramische stoffen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Brugge · since 1968
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Izegem · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of HATERBEEK · Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Aarschot · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ATLANTIC ARTEX · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Vorst · since 1987
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Demolition · since 2015
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · Hamois · since 2025