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.
“RUN'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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Book publishing · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Oudsbergen · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Kortenaken · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sint-Niklaas · since 1983
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1988
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Literary creation · Namur · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Other education · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2022
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2008
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2019
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Ohey · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Olen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Malmedy · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 1996
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Other tax advisory services · Diksmuide · since 2007
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Abbreviation of NEW ADVENTURE RACING TEAM · Liège · since 2002
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Other specialised construction activities · Erpe-Mere · since 2017