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.
“GOART”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · since 2012
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General medical practice · Dour · since 2007
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Specialist medical practice · since 1981
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Sprundel · since 1986
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1993
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL ART CENTER · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Lanaken · since 2011
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Anderlecht · since 2005
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
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Oostende · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Ukkel · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Soignies · since 1995
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2009
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Ukkel · since 2011
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Herk-de-Stad · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Guerrilla Office Architects · Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Verviers · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BIZI · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SECUREX ONDERNEMINGSLOKET - SECUREX GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Fixpro · Other specialised construction activities · Hasselt · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of GO SMART REPAIR CENTERS · Other business support services · Aalst · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of AHI Gold · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Cultural education · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Go Smart Digital · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kapellen · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Art, Archi Vital · Ukkel · since 2016