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 AIDE”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Rixensart · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION INTERCOMMUNALE POUR LE DEMERGEMENT ET L'EPURATION DES COMMUNES DE LA PROVINCE DE LIEGE · Afvalwaterafvoer · Saint-Nicolas · since 1928
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Ingénieurs Conseils - Automatique, Informatique, Développements, Etudes · Ukkel · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Association Inter-réseaux des Directions d'École · Nivelles · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Association internationale de Droit économique · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1982
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION CONTRE L'INJUSTICE, LADICTATURE ET LES EXCLUSIONS · Oudergem · since 1994
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Etobicoke · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Assistance, Instruction, Développement Enfant · Elsene · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE D'EMPLOYEURS · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION INTERCULTURELLE DE DIALOGUE ET D'EDUCATION · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Zedelgem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of AIDE À L'INTÉGRATION ET AU DÉVELOPPEMENT · Asse · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ARTICON RESTAURATIE TECHNIEKEN · Visual arts creation · Vorselaar · since 1987
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Abbreviation of AUTOMATE RANDOM THINGS · Other information technology and computer services · Herent · since 2018
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Tournai · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association internationale de Documentation et d'Expertise · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ukkel · since 1946
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Abbreviation of Association internationale d'aide aux entrepreneurs · Waterloo · since 1984
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2021
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Mutterstadt · since 2019
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Edegem · since 1995
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Dilbeek · since 2017
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Association des Ressortissants de Tougue et amis · Brussel · since 2008
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Tubize · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Deinze · since 1992
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Lievegem · since 1999
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Diest · since 1999
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Painting of buildings · Brugge · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Aalter · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Aalter · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Evere · since 2020
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Other business support services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Teelt van tabak · Bouillon · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Dendermonde · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Architecturales et de Techniques Appliquées · Vorst · since 1966
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Retail sale of antiques · Schilde · since 1993