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.
“ARTOFACT”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Community Trust, vereniging zonder winstoogmerk · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Mettet · since 1980
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Nevade, Las Vegas · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of HELIOS · Design and construction of stages and sets · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · since 2001
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Kuurne · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2002
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Retail sale of antiques · Aartselaar · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EFFIXIS Belgium · Computer programming · Oudergem · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2007
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Rixensart · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Art et Fact., Association des historiens de l'art, des archéologues et des musicologues de l'université de Liège · Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Liège · since 1981
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Activities of building architects · since 2011
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Retail sale of household furniture · Waremme · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Namur · since 2000
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Liège · since 2018
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Deurne · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Kantschool Artofil · Temse · since 2015
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Other business support services · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2011
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1967
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Other business support services · Wavre · since 1987
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Other membership organisations · Duffel · since 1993
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hasselt · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Malle · since 2015
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Other construction installation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · Willebroek · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Stekene · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 1983
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Wuustwezel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Radiotechnische Onderneming · Antwerpen · since 1955