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.
“ARRIS”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Charleroi · since 2017
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Oudergem · since 1966
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Modave · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of L3Harris Technologies Belgium · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Joinery installation · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Diksmuide · since 2026
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Charleroi · since 1964
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2020
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Retail sale of bicycles · Oosterzele · since 2023
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Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Liège · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Agence de Renseignements, d'Investigations et de Surveillance · Investigation and private security services · Liège · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2024
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Logistics services · Grimbergen · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Verviers · since 2022
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Production of cinema films · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Kortrijk · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Blankenberge · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 2015
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 1980
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Dongen · since 2022
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Logistics services · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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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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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1999
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Computer programming · Gent · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2000
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Retail sale of household furniture · Evere · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Waterloo · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Zottegem · since 2022
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Vocational training · Liège · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zandhoven · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · Zemst · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Gembloux · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1999