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.
“ARTHOPA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Sprimont · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Ichtegem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2005
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Westerlo · since 2026
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Lasne · since 1992
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Media representation · Dendermonde · since 2000
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Lokeren · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Architect Thoelen · Activities of building architects · Diepenbeek · since 2022
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ART HOME GCV · Other specialised construction activities · Meise · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van specerijen, sauzen en kruiderijen · since 2025
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rumst · since 2013
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of PEBS IMMO · Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 2020
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Dental practice · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Pet training · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Steenokkerzeel · since 2000
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Other membership organisations · Oostende · since 2013
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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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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lommel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Gent · since 2019
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1990
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2022
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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