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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Zarb”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Zarb same name
    Winnenden · since 1979
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1984
  • ZAR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Amay · since 2020
  • Z.A.R. similar
    Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2023
  • Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2024
  • ZART similar
    Balen · since 1997
  • ZARO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kontich · since 1998
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1995
  • Z'ART similar
    Retail sale of other household articles · La Hulpe · since 2011
  • Z-ART similar
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Lanaken · since 2004
  • ZARA similar
    since 2006
  • ZARE similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Edegem · since 2023
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • ZARBIA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of other household goods · Waregem · since 1977

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