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.
“DAVID RYCKAERT”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Sint-Laureins · since 2019
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Raising of dairy cattle · Evergem · since 2011
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Liège · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tielt · since 1989
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Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Liège · since 1994
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since 1977
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2015
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2009
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wellen · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
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Maldegem · since 1977
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Tourist information services · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · Merchtem · since 2019
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Eeklo · since 1983
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Varkensvetmesterijen · since 2001
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Poperinge · since 2018