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.
“Archetype”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Elsene · since 1997
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Other business support services · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2010
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brussel · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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METEREN · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2009
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Market research and public opinion polling · Tubize · since 2001
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Employment placement agencies · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1992
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Elsene · since 1987
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Ukkel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE RECHERCHE CULTURELLE ET HISTORIQUE D'ETALLE · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Etalle · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Oudsbergen · since 1987
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Arche Consulting · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gent · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Chastre · since 1991
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Brecht · since 1993
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Activities of building architects · Begijnendijk · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ARCHER PATRIMONIUM · Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ARCHER CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2022
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Interior design · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Archer Build · Painting of buildings · Jabbeke · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 1996
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Elsene · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ANSEEL-ARCHITECTES · Activities of building architects · Tournai · since 1985
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Abbreviation of ATHLETIC - RUNNING - CINEY - HAUTE MEUSE · Ciney · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Association royale des Commercants de Helmet · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Arch Consult · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
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Production of cinema films · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Rijksarchief en Rijksarchief in de Provinciën · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Brussel · since 1980
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Specialist medical practice · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ARCH (BELGIUM) · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1993