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.
“TARC”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · since 2015
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Abbreviation of The Aluminium Recovery Company · Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Balen · since 1979
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Anzegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of De Turnhoutse Autorijschool · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Turnhout · since 1967
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Ieper · since 1987
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Brugge · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of TARCEL Entreprises · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Aywaille · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Kapellen · since 2023
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tubize · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Tuinarchitect Robben · Landscape service activities · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2006
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Abbreviation of TAPAS A ROULETTES · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Wavre · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2004
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Other business support services · Schilde · since 2008
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Trade name of POLITIEZONE : AFFLIGEM - LIEDEKERKE - ROOSDAAL - TERNAT · Lokale Politie · Liedekerke · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Morlanwelz · since 1990
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Elsene · since 1992
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since 1996
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Roeselare · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of GHIMAR · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Middelkerke · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Finishing of textiles · since 2017
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Ukkel · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hasselt · since 2019
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Lendelede · since 2022
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Abbreviation of THEATRE ARTS · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · since 2008
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Other business support services · Léglise · since 2008
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lanaken · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Essen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of TARA TECHNOLOGIE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2025
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 1988
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1995
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 1986
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of IPS BARS · Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2010
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL TRADING AND RECYCLING COMPAGNY · Waterloo · since 2007
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Jette · since 1991