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.
“ARTECULT”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2005
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Visual arts creation · Liège · since 2024
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Huy · since 1970
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General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 1986
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Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Olen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ARTECUBE Bureau d’Architecture · Activities of building architects · Etterbeek · since 2009
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Rixensart · since 2011
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Rotterdam · since 1980
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Activities of interior architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1985
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 1990
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Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 1993
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Schoten · since 1998
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Hoegaarden · since 2002
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Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Ittre · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Architectuur, Techniek en Computer · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mechelen · since 1980
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Liège · since 1995
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Kraainem · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · Beringen · since 2019
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Sarcelles · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ARTECON VASTGOEDONTWIKKELING · Real estate agency activities · Laarne · since 2025
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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
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Berlare · since 2023
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Olne · since 1998