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.
“PRO - ARTE”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1990
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Beersel · since 1994
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Elsene · since 1999
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Gent · since 1988
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Wemmel · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Tubize · since 1992
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Abbreviation of PRO De Burgerlobby · Meise · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MnM Enterprise · Other non-specialised retail sale · Leuven · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2009
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1951
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Herent · since 1993
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Landscape service activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ProActif · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Saint-Nicolas · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hoogstraten · since 2013
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Performing arts by independent artists · Elsene · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2012
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Anderlecht · since 2007
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Bredene · since 2024
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Liège · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Peer · since 2001
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Aalst · since 2013
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Fitness centres · Aalst · since 2014
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Floor and wall tiling · Gavere · since 2022
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Keerbergen · since 2012
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zaventem · since 2004
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brussel · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Evergem · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2006