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.
“Aratio”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Alveringem · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grimbergen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of RATIO EVENTS & TRAVEL · Contract catering and other food service activities · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Translation services · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Rumst · since 2017
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Other education · Gingelom · since 2018
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Other personal services · Wingene · since 2007
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Asse · since 1998
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2013
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mechelen · since 2010
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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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Computer programming · Aiseau-Presles · since 2020
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Edegem · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kontich · since 1992
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Computer programming · Hulshout · since 2018
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Computer programming · Tielt · since 2019
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Kortrijk · since 2017
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Trade name of Ararat Tegelwerken · Floor and wall tiling · since 2022