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.
“COLART BV”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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BREDA · since 1997
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Investigation and private security services · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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since 2020
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · since 2009
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of COART · Joinery installation · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
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since 1987
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since 1984
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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since 1969
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2015
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Lasne · since 2017
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Activities of bailiffs · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Geetbets · since 2025
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Verwerking en conservering van fruit, exclusief productie van diepgevroren fruit · Beerse · since 1980
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Meise · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · Hooglede · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Châtelet · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Colfontaine · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beernem · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Namur · since 1995
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Evere · since 2016
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Other education · since 2026
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Trade name of Fieldside · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2020
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brugge · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2023
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Seraing · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Saint-Ghislain · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025