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.
“ARTEF”
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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Izegem · since 1968
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Huy · since 1970
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Halle · since 1952
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General construction of residential buildings · Dessel · since 1978
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Abbreviation of L'Atelier de Recherches sur les Technologies de l'Enseignement et des Arts · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1984
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General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of HATERBEEK · Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Aarschot · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ATLANTIC ARTEX · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Vorst · since 1987
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since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 1994
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Insurance agents and brokers · Boechout · since 1999
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Seneffe · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Anzegem · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2016
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Olen · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wavre · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Association de régie technique et études scientifiques · Sound recording · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ARTEO, bureau multiprofessionnel d'architectes · Activities of building architects · Les Bons Villers · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Hamois · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1974
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2015
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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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Forging of metal · since 2017
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Mettet · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · since 2001
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Retail sale of antiques · Aartselaar · since 2020
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Tielt · since 2008
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Koekelberg · since 2004
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 2016
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Brussel · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · Rixensart · since 2024