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.
“ARTOPEDIC”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Frameries · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 1970
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Abbreviation of ARTOP SUPPLIES AND SERVICES · Wholesale of machine tools · Sprimont · since 1990
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Liège · since 1996
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Grez-Doiceau · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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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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Kasterlee · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Radiotechnische Onderneming · Antwerpen · since 1955