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.
“ART & ADVICE”
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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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Hasselt · since 2003
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Employment placement agencies · Ardooie · since 1994
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Advertising agencies
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Other information service activities · Mechelen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ADV CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 2007
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Geraardsbergen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Halle · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Tervuren · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brussel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Saint-Ghislain · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · since 2023
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Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · since 2025