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.
“Arca”
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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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Lubbeek · since 1946
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kortrijk · since 1978
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Association régionale des Centre d'Accueil · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Verviers · since 1987
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Event catering · Lievegem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association de Recherches Appliquées dans la Communauté · Hove · since 1990
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Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Activités Ré Crée Actives · Sports and recreation education · Tubize · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2009
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zwevegem · since 1987
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Activities of building architects · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Recreation Centre for Crafts and Art · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ARC-EN-CIEL du CAMEROUN · Dilbeek · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Arcas Advocaten · Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Architecture-Rénovation Conception Aménagement et Décoration · Activities of building architects · Blégny · since 2011
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Destelbergen · since 2006
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2024
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CADSY · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Kontich · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Association Récréative et Culturelle d'Archennes · Grez-Doiceau · since 1975
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Gistel · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Repeater Club · Stabroek · since 1975
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Retail sale of household furniture · Charleroi · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Les Artisans Réunis de la Construction · Sombreffe · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Aide Aux Réfugiers Cambodgiens · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1982
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Other tax advisory services · Mons · since 1986
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Lasne · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Reddingsclub · Antwerpen · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Chièvres · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE SUR LE CANCER · Villejuif · since 1992
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Abbreviation of AIRCRAFT REFUELLER COMPANY · Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Niel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATION · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ART - RENOVATION - CONSTRUCTION · Elsene · since 1995
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Elsene · since 1996
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Braine-le-Château · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Mouscron · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 2002
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vorst · since 2003
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LE REVEIL DES CONGOLAIS · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Adventure Recreation Club · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2019
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Malmedy · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Temse · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ARCANE GAUME · Virton · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ALPRA REGULATORY CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ronse · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Heuvelland · since 2008
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Roofing work · Frameries · since 2009
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Wuustwezel · since 2009
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · Schilde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of All Round Care · Wijnegem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ARCHITECTURE - COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN - Société d'Architectes · Elsene · since 1989
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Action régionale et culturelle · Charleroi · since 1979
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Namur · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Ateliers - Rencontres - Création · Bertrix · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Action et Recherche culturelles · Ukkel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ACTION ET RECHERCHES CULTURELLES WELKENRAEDT HENRI-CHAPELLE · Welkenraedt · since 1997
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020