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.
“ARIDEN”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2025
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Poperinge · since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2021
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Name of TEVHID HOLDING · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ardenne - Ruralite - Environnement - Nature · Vielsalm · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
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General medical practice · Mechelen · since 2011
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 1982
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brugge · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Izegem · since 1995
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Raising of dairy cattle · Riemst · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Thimister-Clermont · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Intercommunale de Distribution d'Eau de Nandrin - Tinlot et Environs · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Nandrin · since 1947
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Dental practice · Zottegem · since 2020
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Dental practice · Kortenberg · since 2011
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Dental practice · Merchtem · since 2012
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Dental practice · Schilde · since 2006
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025