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.
“ARTICOS”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1997
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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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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Ardooie · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Riemst · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Maarkedal · since 2009
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Other construction installation · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vilvoorde · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2010
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wervik · since 2024
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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ICHY · since 2008
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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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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2005
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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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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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Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2017
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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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Activities of head offices · Wommelgem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2018
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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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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Esneux · since 2003
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Verviers · since 2018
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Roeselare · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Berlare · since 2025
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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