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.
“JOart”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Interior design · Malle · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · Kalmthout · since 1990
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Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Truiden · since 2014
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Plastering work · Destelbergen · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · Wommelgem · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Wemmel · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Linkebeek · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Oostende · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of GLOBALCON · General construction of residential buildings · Aartselaar · since 2016
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VZW Joert · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Rumst · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sprimont · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Essen · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Wavre · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2009
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Ukkel · since 2011
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Production of cinema films · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Plumbing work · Oudergem · since 2007
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Anderlecht · since 2011
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Namur · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 2011
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Art, Archi Vital · Ukkel · since 2016