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.
“ARQUS”
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
40 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Deinze · since 2022
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1974
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Sint-Truiden · since 1977
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Elsene · since 1985
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Malle · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ARGUS VASTGOED · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Steenokkerzeel · since 1990
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Wortegem-Petegem · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ARGUS - JURIDISCH ADVIES - ARGUS - CONSEIL JURIDIQUE · Activities of lawyers · Grimbergen · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1995
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Other photographic activities · Mechelen · since 1999
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Koksijde · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ranst · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Wholesale of other food products · since 1961
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Physiotherapy · since 2013
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Roofing work · Landen · since 2015
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Faimes · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2018
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Lierde · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2020
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · Aalst · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Brugge · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van isolatoren en isolatiemateriaal, van keramische stoffen · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2008
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Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Other construction installation · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zwevegem · since 2006
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Other business support services · Veurne · since 2007
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Ingelmunster · since 2023
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Brugge · since 1968
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Incourt · since 1998
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Leuven · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Abbreviation of arQ | Architectuurstudio · Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 1997
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Abbreviation of arQ | ArchitectenStudio · Activities of building architects · Sint-Niklaas · since 1998
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2010
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Brussel · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2002