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.
“Akari”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of cinema films · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2009
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2021
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Etterbeek · since 2011
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Other membership organisations · Elsene · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Zoersel · since 2001
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Gent · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Fernelmont · since 2020
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ARKARI-MULTIPROFESSIONELE ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP · Activities of building architects · Meise · since 2004
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Vorst · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other postal and courier activities · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Diest · since 1987
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Psychology services · Olne · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of AGENCE DE RECHERCHE ET D'INFORMATION · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Association des Réfugiés iraniens en Belgique · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Abbreviation of ART, RECHERCHE ET INVESTISSEMENT · Market research and public opinion polling · Kraainem · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION KOEKELBERGEOISE ARTISTIQUE · Koekelberg · since 1999
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Kortrijk · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Arnaut Kint Avocat · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ART Research Institute · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Namur · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP RAIL INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of AK-Akademy · Sambreville · since 2024
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Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Arnis Koredas Academy · Sambreville · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Diest · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2021
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Plumbing work · since 2022
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since 2012
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since 2025
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Ravels · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of AMENAGEMENTS RENOVATIONS IMMOBILIERES · Roofing work · Farciennes · since 2000
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Abbreviation of A.R.I. Company · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mechelen · since 2016