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.
“Pole Arena”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cultural education · Gent · since 2018
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Football clubs · Zedelgem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of PERFORMATIVE OFFICE OF LIVING EXPERIMENTATIONS · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 1992
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Insurance agents and brokers · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Grimbergen · since 1993
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Anderlecht · since 1998
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Elsene · since 1999
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Abbreviation of ARENA Event · Other amusement and recreation activities · Bassenge · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of AG FRY · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1987
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Association Régionale de l'E-sport à Namur · Other sports activities · Namur · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ARENA PERSONAL TRAINING & COACHING · Sports and recreation education · Herent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Foodtime · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Selona · Cafés and bars · Kampenhout · since 2026
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Viadana MN · since 2017