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.
“Arthnet”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Wavre · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2008
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Neupré · since 1989
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Oudergem · since 2001
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Elsene · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Lasne · since 1992
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Other postal and courier activities · Steenokkerzeel · since 2000
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Media representation · Dendermonde · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Soignies · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of SAGE HORECA · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lommel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1990
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Other legal services · Kontich · since 2024