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.
“ATHENUS”
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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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of ARTHEUS · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2008
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Antwerpen · since 1959
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Abbreviation of TURNCLUB ATHENA · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Gent · since 1969
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Antwerpen · since 1972
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of RESTOG · Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 1986
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Koekelberg · since 1988
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Opwijk · since 1988
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Roeselare · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1990
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Brussel · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ath · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2009
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Aiseau-Presles · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of IB ALPHA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of TINEVANATHENA · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Opwijk · since 2025
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Leuven · since 1930
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 1990
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1993
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Other education · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2009
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2026
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Grimbergen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2017
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Boechout · since 2021
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Visual arts creation · Jette · since 2022
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Oostende · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Tenneville · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Schoten · since 1998
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Manhay · since 1998
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2017