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.
“ARTEFAC”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Mettet · since 1980
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Nevade, Las Vegas · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of HELIOS · Design and construction of stages and sets · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 2002
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Retail sale of antiques · Aartselaar · since 2020
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EFFIXIS Belgium · Computer programming · Oudergem · since 2022
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Paris · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2007
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Elsene · since 1998
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Rixensart · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Rixensart · since 2024
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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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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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Lennik · since 2025
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Stekene · since 1995
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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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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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Tielt · since 2008
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Koekelberg · since 2004
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · 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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Name of an establishment · 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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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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Abbreviation of Kunst, Onderzoek, Technologie en Muziek · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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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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Landscape service activities · Hamois · since 2025