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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CULARTS”

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.

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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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CULARTS same name
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Overijse · since 1998
  • CLARTS very similar
    Abbreviation of Centre Liégeois d'architecture, de Restauration, de Techniques et de Stabilité · Activities of building architects · Liège · since 2005
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Cula similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2008
  • CULA similar
    General electrical installation work · Dilbeek · since 2022
  • Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
  • CULAN similar
    Name of an establishment of WOODMASTERS · Joinery installation · Peer · since 2009
  • CARTS similar
    Logistics services · Tremelo · since 2011
  • ARTS similar
    Ukkel · since 1985
  • A R T S similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 1995
  • Art's similar
    Abbreviation of Art's Music · Tournai · since 2009
  • Arts² similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2010
  • ARTS similar
    Abbreviation of Aesthetic Reconstructive Team Services · Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2024

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