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.
“ARTICHAUD”
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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Overijse · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of V & V FOODCONCEPTS · Contract catering and other food service activities · Kruisem · since 2007
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2004
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lasne · since 2019
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Elsene · since 2005
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Joinery installation · since 2012
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Vosselaar · since 2002
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Malmedy · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2022
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Asse · since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bornem · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Bekkevoort · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lessines · since 1994
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE RECHERCHE THEATRALE INTERNATIONALE · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993