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.
“ARTHIRO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Retail sale of other household articles · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Marchin · since 2025
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other postal and courier activities · Steenokkerzeel · since 2000
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Middelkerke · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Bredene · since 2025
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2003
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2013
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Neupré · since 1989
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Oudergem · since 2001
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Elsene · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Temse · since 1996
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Harelbeke · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Activities of bailiffs · Hasselt · since 2019
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General medical practice · Waterloo · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Lasne · since 1992
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Media representation · Dendermonde · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Soignies · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of SAGE HORECA · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Puurbysarah · Hairdressing and barber services · Wommelgem · since 2016
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lommel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1990
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Balen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Other legal services · Kontich · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Beloeil · since 2019