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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Retail Real Estate Association VZW · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1999
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lanaken · since 2020
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Literary creation · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of ASSURANCE CREDIT SERVICES · Charleroi · since 2003
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Dentergem · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Walhain · since 2020
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ALLIANCE DES ROBINETIERS EUROPEENS · Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2014
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Erpe-Mere · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Real Estate Services · Land surveying · Beerse · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Nijlen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of AARON RELATION ET ENCADREMENT SPORTIF · Other membership organisations · Oreye · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Trooz · since 2017
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Kasterlee · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Schilde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Alternate Reality Robots · Leopoldsburg · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP RAIL REPAIR · Vervaardiging van locomotieven en ander rollend materieel voor spoorwegen · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · Genk · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1972
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Other business support services · Ukkel · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2001
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Insulation installation · Ganshoren · since 2013
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Translation services · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ART CRESCENDO · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Nivelles · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Knokke-Heist · since 1982