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.
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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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Gembloux · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beringen · since 1989
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · Izegem · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Pepingen · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2015
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Kluisbergen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other legal services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of L'Association des Roumains Indépendants de Belgique · Defensie · Ath · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ARCHITECTS IN BRUSSELS · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2009
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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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Abbreviation of Association de Trichologues Belges - Belgische Trichologe Vereniging · Meise · since 1980
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Retail sale of household furniture · Evere · since 2001
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Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 2018
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Other construction installation · since 2018
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 2021
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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