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.
“Le Rub”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SB HORECA · Cafés and bars · Seraing · since 2018
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Halen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of LEAGUE OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES · Other membership organisations · Leuven · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of K.V.S.H. · Full-service restaurants · Oudenaarde · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Brussel · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of DE RITA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Event catering · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Les Ephemeres Reunis · Hotton · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Lallemand Electricité Rénovation · General electrical installation work · Gesves · since 2001
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Abbreviation of LES EXPERTS REUNIS · Risk and damage evaluation · Liège · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Courcelles · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Oreye · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · Wommelgem · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2025