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.
“ARO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Malle · since 1997
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Genk · since 1999
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Activities of head offices · Limbourg · since 2017
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Other education · since 2023
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Logging · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2015
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kuurne · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Ranst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SOCIALE REHABILITATIE · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Antwerpen · since 1961
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Abbreviation of AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ONTWIKKELING BELGIE · Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ARCHEOLOGISCHE ONDERNEMING · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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Abbreviation of AFRIKAANSE RAAD ONTWIKKELINGSAMENWERKING · Gent · since 2001
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Site preparation · since 1989
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waregem · since 2022
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Dental practice · Brussel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ARCHAS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hooglede · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Rixensart · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Flémalle · since 2025
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of AROS Organisation VoG · Kelmis · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Renault Oldtimer Club · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Nijlen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of VDS CONCEPTS · Machining of metals · Izegem · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of DIRIKA · Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmachines · Arendonk · since 1988
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Ardooie · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Growing of flowers · Destelbergen · since 1990
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2013
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Other membership organisations · Oostende · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Association des roumains en Belgique · Charleroi · since 2016
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Gent · since 2018
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1986
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Landscape service activities · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1985
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Assesse · since 2023
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Other education · Hasselt · since 2009
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Abbreviation of AllRound Office Support & Services · Office administrative and support services · Kapellen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2003
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Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ARAB ORGANIZATION FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN EDUCATION · Brussel · since 2007
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2025
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Liège · since 2002
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Ukkel · since 1988
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since 2011