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.
“ARTSNBE”
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2017
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Cultural education · since 2020
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ukkel · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Art's Music · Tournai · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Aesthetic Reconstructive Team Services · Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ARTNEWS · Activities of holding companies · Waterloo · since 2013
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Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mons · since 1932
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Support activities for crop production · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1994
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2020
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Interior design · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2006
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Knokke-Heist · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Oostkamp · since 2023