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.
“ARTI-SHOW”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1996
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1983
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Other education · since 2021
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1986
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Schoten · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ouffet · since 1998
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Verviers · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of GREPIA & CO · Operation of sports facilities · Waregem · since 2006
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Wholesale of machine tools · Zandhoven · since 1985
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Other printing · Beernem · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · since 1982
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Trade name of MANI ART · Activities of building architects · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2010
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 2017
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Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Other printing · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ALTITUDE CREATIVE AGENCY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 1993
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Dilbeek · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ARTISANS & + · Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2018
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · since 2019
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Virton · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of RETAIL TYCOON · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Brussel · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Walhain · since 2022
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Plumbing work · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BRUSSELS GIFTS · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brussel · since 2009
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Wavre · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Francis Cannaert · Physiotherapy · Izegem · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Leuven · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of AIKONA · Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ARTISTA ASBL · Liège · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of AUX SAVEURS CREATIVES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seraing · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · Herenthout · since 2020