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.
“ARRIBEL”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Evere · since 2001
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Gembloux · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1979
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Full-service restaurants · Chaudfontaine · since 1990
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Teelt van andere meerjarige gewassen · Manage · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Joinery installation · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of M & R ALUTEC · Joinery installation · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of AFRIQUE BELGIQUE · Brussel · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES RESSORTISSANTS NIGERIENS DE BELGIQUE · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of AFRIBEL HORIZON · since 2008
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Production of cinema films · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Retail sale of bicycles · Oosterzele · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2024
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2010
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Oudergem · since 1966
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Name of an establishment of ASCONA · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Charleroi · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Modave · since 2025