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.
“Arathi”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Hulshout · since 2018
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Other postal and courier activities · Steenokkerzeel · since 2000
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ARTS ET ATELIERS SANS FRONTIERES · Ukkel · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Lochristi · since 1994
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Rumst · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kiev · since 2003
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Putte · since 2007
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Landscape service activities · Gent · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kontich · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Wemmel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · DEN HAAG · since 2023
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Kortrijk · since 2017
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Trade name of Ararat Tegelwerken · Floor and wall tiling · since 2022