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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ARTFEX”

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.

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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

22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ARTFEX same name
    Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
  • ARTIFEX very similar
    Painting of buildings · Bonheiden · since 2015
  • Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2015
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2015
  • Other printing · since 1987
  • Plumbing work · since 2008
  • ARTEX very similar
    Advertising agencies · Izegem · since 1968
  • ARTEX very similar
    Name of an establishment of HATERBEEK · Vervaardiging van onderkleding · Aarschot · since 1987
  • ARTEX very similar
    Name of an establishment of ATLANTIC ARTEX · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Vorst · since 1987
  • ARTEX (sole trader) very similar
    Demolition · since 2015
  • ART-EX very similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
  • Artex (sole trader) very similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2021
  • ARTEX (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
  • ARTEX (sole trader) very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2006
  • ARTEX very similar
    Landscape service activities · Hamois · since 2025
  • AROFEX very similar
    Abbreviation of ARRAY OF EXCELLENCE · Computer programming · Zottegem · since 2001
  • Artlex very similar
    since 2015
  • ARTHEX very similar
    Plumbing work · Brecht · since 2016
  • ARTLEX very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2007
  • Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
  • ARTHEX very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2023
  • Activities of lawyers · since 2025
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Art F.F. similar
    Paris · since 1977
  • Art Fences similar
    Name of an establishment of LEDLUX INNOVATION · General electrical installation work · Ichtegem · since 2001
  • ArtFlo similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2016
  • Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2025

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