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.
“ARTICREA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Kortenaken · since 1992
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Kortenaken · since 1992
Names that resemble it 29 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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Activities of building architects · Keerbergen · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2022
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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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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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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Ardooie · since 2004
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Elsene · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Air conditioning and Refrigeration European Association · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of AREA HORTICULTUREAE · Insulation installation · Namur · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lessines · since 1994
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Zemst · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 1999
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2008
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1987
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Abbreviation of ATELIER DE RECHERCHE THEATRALE INTERNATIONALE · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997