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.
“Arthur Trading”
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.
-
Mouvaux · since 2012
-
Freight transport by road · since 2006
-
Chimay · since 2021
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2007
-
Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
-
Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Schelle · since 2018
-
since 1987
-
Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 2008
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2021
-
Detailhandel in overig textiel · Anderlecht · since 2018
-
Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lokeren · since 2025
-
Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
-
Other non-specialised retail sale · Sankt Vith · since 2016
-
Hoogerheide · since 1980
-
Carouge · since 1993
-
Groothandel in afval en schroot, n.e.g. · Hoogstraten · since 2000
-
Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2016
-
Mettet · since 2008
-
since 2025
-
Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1976
-
Name of an establishment of B.L.R. BUILDING · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1989
-
Scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 1991
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1996
-
Verviers · since 2002
-
Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2002
-
Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1995
-
Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Koekelberg · since 2015
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aarschot · since 2016
-
since 2018
-
Other sports activities · Lokeren · since 2018
-
Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
-
Logging · Attert · since 2020
-
Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2020
-
Raising of horses and other equines · Herentals · since 2021
-
Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Antwerpen · since 2004
-
Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2004
-
General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2004
-
Brussel · since 2007
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oud-Turnhout · since 2008
-
Activities of holding companies · Wielsbeke · since 2008
-
Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lokeren · since 2023
-
Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Dilbeek · since 2026
-
Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2001
-
since 2010