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.
“ARTELCO”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Rotterdam · since 1980
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General electrical installation work · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1995
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Schoten · since 1998
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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 · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2018
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Abbreviation of AMITIES, RENCONTRES, TOURISME ET LOISIRS · Seraing · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Thimister-Clermont · since 2020
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Lier · since 2000
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sprimont · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Lokeren · since 2017
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Genk · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Duffel · since 2021
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Genève · since 2021
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Saint-Ouen · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of ART-ELEC.BE · General electrical installation work · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Other education · Tinlot · since 2024
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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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Retail sale of household furniture · Beersel · since 1993
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Lier · since 2002
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Other education · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2024
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2025
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Mechelen · since 2026
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Huy · since 1970
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General construction of residential buildings · Dessel · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of Hera · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ARTES ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other education · Schoten · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Rixensart · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1974
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Kapellen · since 1966
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Wavre · since 2017