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.
“ARTCAL”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2007
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 1939
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Other information technology and computer services · Ans · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · Zottegem · since 2011
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 1985
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Abbreviation of ANIMATION REPRO TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Chaudfontaine · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wemmel · since 2021
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Other education · since 2011
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2019
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Other financial services · Lasne · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Other printing · Andenne · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Maarkedal · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Art contemporain chaque jour · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Brugge · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · Denderleeuw · since 2025