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-LIGHT”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Affligem · since 2005
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Eghezée · since 1961
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Ieper · since 2021
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Brugelette · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Waremme · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Liège · since 2012
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Damme · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of CHUMPI EVENTS · Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2019
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2010
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2006
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Finishing of textiles · since 2024
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · since 2025
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Evere · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Trade name of Artlight Photography Optics and Airguns · Photography, excluding press photography · Profondeville · since 2016