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.
“ARTE FINE”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Tielt · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Koekelberg · since 2004
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Zonhoven · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 1992
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Deinze · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SFEERCREATION · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Arte Licata e Agnello · Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2013
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2016
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Brasschaat · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1973
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Boutersem · since 2008
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Braine-le-Comte · since 1997
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Walcourt · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Genappe · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2007
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Ans · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Arte-Fac, Association culturelle de l'Université catholique de Louvain sur le Site de Bruxelles · Other membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · Stekene · since 1995
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Elsene · since 1998
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2015
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since 1995
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2010
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Forging of metal · since 2017
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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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Hulshout · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Anhée · since 1993