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.
“NES ART”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sound recording · Evere · since 2025
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Zele · since 2021
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Waterloo · since 2019
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Rixensart · since 1999
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Plumbing work · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Laakdal · since 2005
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Abbreviation of NEWART PRODUCTIONS · Productie van televisiefilms · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Namur · since 2026
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Abbreviation of RUTTEN - NEW ENERGY SYSTEM · Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Herstal · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NEVER ENDING STORY · Production of cinema films · Evere · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kruisem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Nouvelle Economie Solidaire · Meix-devant-Virton · since 2019
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Retail sale of antiques · Hooglede · since 2015
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Maaseik · since 1988
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Computer programming · Koekelberg · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Schoten · since 2021