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.
“ARTICO”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Asse · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of ARTICON RESTAURATIE TECHNIEKEN · Visual arts creation · Vorselaar · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Mechelen · since 1988
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1997
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Ardooie · since 2004
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Wommelgem · since 2025
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zuienkerke · since 2008
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Elsene · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2006
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lessines · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of T.C. COMPANY · Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Edegem · since 1994
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 1976
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Kortenaken · since 1992
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Vosselaar · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1989
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Other retail sale of food · since 1986
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1985
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1997
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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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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Oudenaarde · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Roeselare · since 2011
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Visual arts creation · Liège · since 2024
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1986
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Beringen · since 1991
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Esneux · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Artim New · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · Brussel · since 2016
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Grobbendonk · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Berlare · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Ronse · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE RECHERCHE THEATRALE INTERNATIONALE · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993
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Brussel · since 1971
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Kortenaken · since 1992
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Trade name of Artistic-65 · Mortsel · since 2015
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993