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.
“Arou”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waregem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of AROUND COMMUNICATIONS · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 1996
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Malle · since 1997
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Genk · since 1999
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Activities of head offices · Limbourg · since 2017
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Other education · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIALE REHABILITATIE · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Antwerpen · since 1961
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Abbreviation of AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ONTWIKKELING BELGIE · Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ARCHEOLOGISCHE ONDERNEMING · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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Abbreviation of AFRIKAANSE RAAD ONTWIKKELINGSAMENWERKING · Gent · since 2001
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Site preparation · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Dental practice · Brussel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ARCHAS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hooglede · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Rixensart · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Flémalle · since 2025
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of AROS Organisation VoG · Kelmis · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Renault Oldtimer Club · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Nijlen · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Wervik · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Trade name of ROLOREST · Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Mobile food service activities · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2026
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Liège · since 2002