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.
“THART”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Pepingen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Oudenaarde · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Alken · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schelle · since 2016
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oosterzele · since 2022
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Detailhandel in boeken · Halle · since 1993
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Mortsel · since 1999
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Esneux · since 2014
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Try Hard Academy · Other sports activities · La Louvière · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 1984
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1991
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Activities of lawyers · Héron · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Activities of bailiffs · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Jette · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2024
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Cultural education · since 2025
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1999
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Een hart voor mensen · Bertem · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2020
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Abbreviation of HARMONY ART · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Zedelgem · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Herentals · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Handreiking aan Relaties door Training · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of GLEAN ART · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Brussel · since 2005