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.
“ARIAL”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised design activities · Chaudfontaine · since 2001
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Joinery installation · Wommelgem · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Association des Réfugiés et des immigrés afghans en Belgique · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zwalm · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Denderleeuw · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Ariad Group · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Dental practice · Dilbeek · since 2004
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Graphic design and visual communication · Rixensart · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2020
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Herstal · since 2025
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Sombreffe · since 1996
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ARIA ARCHTITECTES ASSOCIES · Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1986
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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 · Ukkel · since 1997
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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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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Liège · since 2021
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Activities of bailiffs · Merbes-le-Château · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Association royale des Ingénieurs de L'Institut supérieur industriel des Arts et Métiers de Pierrard · Other membership organisations · Virton · since 1925
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Liège · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of 'T VOSKE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1991
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since 1995
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Other education · since 1992
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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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Seraing · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · 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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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Brussel · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2010
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Activiteiten van centra voor geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Morlanwelz · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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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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Dental practice · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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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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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