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.
“Arbus”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2025
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Sint-Truiden · since 1977
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Malle · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1995
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Koksijde · since 2001
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Wholesale of timber · Balen · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ranst · since 2002
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Roofing work · Landen · since 2015
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Faimes · since 2016
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Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2018
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Incourt · since 1998
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2025
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Wholesale of machine tools · Diest · since 1992
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Namur · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Assistance Radio Bruxelles · Jette · since 1981
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Abbreviation of MASSON EN Co CONSULTANTS · Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Waregem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ART - REPARATION - BETON · Other building finishing work · Herstal · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Chateau de Vierset · Activities of building architects · Destelbergen · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ANTOING RECYCLAGE BETONS · Materials recovery from waste · Antoing · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · Brecht · since 1999
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Abbreviation of L'alliance des roumains en Belgique · Evere · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Les Archers des Remparts de Binche · Binche · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Architecture & Building Performance Consultancy · Activities of building architects · Dison · since 2021
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2002
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Damme · since 1978
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Abbreviation of ADVIES EN REORGANISATIE BUREAU · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016