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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.

“ARTECA”

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  • 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.
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Same or very similar names

22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ARTECA same name
    Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1988
  • Artec very similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Huy · since 1970
  • ARTEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 1986
  • Artec very similar
    Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 1994
  • ARTEC (sole trader) very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
  • AR-TEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • ARTEC very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Olen · since 2021
  • ARTEC very similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · Rixensart · since 2011
  • Arte Casa very similar
    Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • Arteco very similar
    Rotterdam · since 1980
  • ARTECH very similar
    Activities of interior architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1985
  • ARTECH very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 1990
  • AR - TECH very similar
    Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 1993
  • ARTECO very similar
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Schoten · since 1998
  • ArTech very similar
    Hoegaarden · since 2002
  • ARTECH very similar
    Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 2003
  • Other business support services · since 2015
  • Painting of buildings · since 2021
  • ARTECK very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ittre · since 2010
  • ARTECTA very similar
    Landscape service activities · Beringen · since 2019
  • ARTECAS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Olne · since 1998
  • AR-Tech very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Berlare · since 2023
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
  • ARTECOM similar
    Abbreviation of Architectuur, Techniek en Computer · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mechelen · since 1980
  • Arte similar
    Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Zonhoven · since 1981
  • ARTE similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1990
  • ARTE similar
    Antwerpen · since 1991
  • ArteCom similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
  • ARTE similar
    Hasselt · since 1992
  • ARTE similar
    Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Deinze · since 1994
  • ARTECMO similar
    Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Liège · since 1995
  • ARTEC DB similar
    Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Kraainem · since 1997
  • ARTE similar
    Name of an establishment of SFEERCREATION · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2002
  • Arte similar
    Name of an establishment of Arte Licata e Agnello · Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2013
  • Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2016
  • ARTECCO similar
    General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
  • ARTE similar
    Brasschaat · since 2017
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
  • Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1973
  • ARTE similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2006
  • aRTe similar
    Activities of holding companies · Boutersem · since 2008
  • AR TECHS similar
    Sarcelles · since 2024
  • ARTECON similar
    Abbreviation of ARTECON VASTGOEDONTWIKKELING · Real estate agency activities · Laarne · since 2025
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
  • ARTECHNO similar
    Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Gembloux · since 1999
  • ARTE - COSE similar
    Wholesale of other household goods · Mortsel · since 1999
  • Artentec similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2022
  • Painting of buildings · since 2023
  • ARTeCUBE similar
    Name of an establishment of ARTECUBE Bureau d’Architecture · Activities of building architects · Etterbeek · since 2009
  • ARTECULT similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2005
  • Landscape service activities · since 2024
  • ARTETECH similar
    General construction of other non-residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2025
  • ARTEX similar
    Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Izegem · since 1968
  • ARTES similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Boechout · since 1999
  • Arten similar
    Trade name · Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2016
  • Artecnor similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Mons · since 1965

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