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.
“ARI”
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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Abbreviation of AGENCE DE RECHERCHE ET D'INFORMATION · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Association des Réfugiés iraniens en Belgique · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Abbreviation of ART, RECHERCHE ET INVESTISSEMENT · Market research and public opinion polling · Kraainem · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ART Research Institute · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Namur · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP RAIL INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Diest · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of AMENAGEMENTS RENOVATIONS IMMOBILIERES · Roofing work · Farciennes · since 2000
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Abbreviation of A.R.I. Company · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mechelen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ARKARI-MULTIPROFESSIONELE ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP · Activities of building architects · Meise · since 2004
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ARIA ARCHTITECTES ASSOCIES · Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Halle · since 1987
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION RECHERCHE ET INITIATIVEARTISTIQUE · Elsene · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Action et Recherche Interculturelles Arabes · Verviers · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Atelier de Recherche informatique avancée · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 1997
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Brugge · since 2000
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Other legal services · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2023
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Abbreviation of L'Association des Roumains Indépendants de Belgique · Defensie · Ath · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Aria Consultancy · Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2019
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Plumbing work · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2020
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Liège · since 2021
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Retail sale of bicycles · Oosterzele · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ARCHITECTS IN BRUSSELS · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Waregem · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of SAYNA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kuurne · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Agence de Renseignements, d'Investigations et de Surveillance · Investigation and private security services · Liège · since 2003
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vorst · since 2018
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2015
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Roofing work · Landen · since 2015
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Denderleeuw · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Agence pour le Renouveau par l'informatisation et l'Automatisation · Liège · since 1984
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Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2020
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2021