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 + DEAL”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other household goods · Schoten · since 2008
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Other postal and courier activities · Brussel · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2009
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tienen · since 2014
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · Oupeye · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2013
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Other construction installation · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Koekelberg · since 2018
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1996
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1998
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vilvoorde · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · Lendelede · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BULTIA OPTIC · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2014
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 1988
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1988
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of NAMOP · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Elsene · since 2021
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Other business support services · Bierbeek · since 2009
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Dental practice · Fléron · since 2011
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Elsene · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of UTILIA · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Keerbergen · since 2005
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · Silly · since 1994
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Computer programming · Boom · since 2021
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Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1989
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Art Development and Promotion · Antwerpen · since 1989