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.
“ARTADIS”
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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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Jette · since 2007
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WASQUEHAL · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nivelles · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2010
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Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 1995
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Book publishing · since 2009
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Roofing work · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1986
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Edegem · since 1995
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Malle · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Association de didacticiens en Sciences · since 2016
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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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ARDIS Information Systems · Computer programming · Aalter · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Deinze · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ouffet · since 1998
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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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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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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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Verviers · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Evere · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2021
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Other business support services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1985
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Teelt van tabak · Bouillon · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of GREPIA & CO · Operation of sports facilities · Waregem · 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
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993