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.
“TARTAN”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Wichelen · since 2017
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Oostende · since 2001
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Elsene · since 2025
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Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goods · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MOONS NADINE · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Bornem · since 1998
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Vilvoorde · since 2002
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Painting of buildings · Brugge · since 2014
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2013
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Assenede · since 1985
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van specerijen, sauzen en kruiderijen · since 2022
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Hasselt · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
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Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2011
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2004
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Operation of sports facilities · Namur · since 2026
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Retail sale of antiques · Schilde · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of RAYMOND BAR · Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Pelt · since 2021
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Kluisbergen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brugge · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of BISTAN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of TRITON ANS NATATION · Saint-Nicolas · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of The Automotive Nursery · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Floreffe · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Visé · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2024
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Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goods · since 2014
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Finishing of textiles · since 2017
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Abbreviation of THEATRE ARTS · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Site preparation · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Turnhout · since 2018
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 2024
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Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goods · since 2025
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Herselt · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Kohli · Full-service restaurants · Mortsel · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Heers · since 2024
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Overige gespecialiseerde groothandel, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mortsel · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020