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-TIME”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 1999
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Liège · since 1986
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 1991
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Other business support services · Zele · since 2020
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2019
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Herentals · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ACHAT, REVENTE, TRAVAUX · Development of residential building projects · Andenne · since 1990
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Aalst · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Advanced Racing Technology · Zonhoven · since 1990
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Abbreviation of AUTONOME RAAD THUISVERPLEEGKUNDIGEN · Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Hasselt · since 1989
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2016
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General medical practice · Tournai · since 2022
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2003
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1989
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wemmel · since 2020
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Logging · since 2025
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Artim New · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Retail sale of antiques · Namur · since 2021
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Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2007