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.
“Artdécode”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · Oupeye · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Other construction installation · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Koekelberg · since 2018
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1996
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1997
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vilvoorde · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · Lendelede · since 2008
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · Ingelmunster · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2023
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2022
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tienen · since 2014
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Other postal and courier activities · Brussel · since 2023