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.
“MANUARTIST”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Eghezée · since 2007
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heuvelland · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of SCARMUSE · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Hannut · since 2012
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2013
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Leuven · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · since 1982
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Materials recovery from waste · Brussel · since 1998
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Visual arts creation · since 2016
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Other postal and courier activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of AUX SAVEURS CREATIVES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Seraing · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of D'HOSE- DE MEUTER · Full-service restaurants · Ternat · since 2005