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.
“Arkadas”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ranst · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of PIREP - BELGIUM · Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Overijse · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Beyne-Heusay · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Beyne-Heusay · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ARKHAM ASYLUM · Liège · since 2008
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Verhuur en lease van luchtvaartuigen · Oud-Heverlee · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Sambreville · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Hove · since 2007
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Tourist information services · Brussel · since 2004
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Other information technology and computer services · Zulte · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE DE DIFFUSION DES ARTS DU SPECTACLE · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 1998
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since 1988
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La Louvière · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Berlare · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 2021
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Brussel · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Denderleeuw · since 2004
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Football clubs · Beringen · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Saint-Ghislain · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of URSA MAJOR · Other non-specialised retail sale · Wielsbeke · since 2017
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Computer programming · Wijnegem · since 2021
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Dental practice · Braine-le-Château · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Bastogne · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Zemst · since 2023
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Productie van televisiefilms · Mons · since 2010
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Le Roeulx · since 1992
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since 2006