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.
“BO ARTE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 1990
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Zonhoven · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Hasselt · since 1992
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Deinze · since 1994
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Brasschaat · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Boutersem · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 1968
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
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Other legal services · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Hand-Werpen · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of VANDEWALLE · Full-service restaurants · Nazareth · since 1984
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Diepenbeek · since 1996
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Tongeren · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Jaspers · Cafés and bars · Zonhoven · since 2019