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.
“ARLITE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ukkel · since 1992
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of CHUMPI EVENTS · Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2016
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Gent · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Genk · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Damme · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of OBIRIN · Other non-specialised retail sale · Ukkel · since 2015
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Ternat · since 1995
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Dilbeek · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 1998
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Computer programming · Charleroi · since 2018
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Heuvelland · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Maasmechelen · since 2012
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brussel · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Asse · since 2024
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Computer programming · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Oosterzele · since 2022