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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.

“RAF BEX”

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.

  • RAF BEX same name
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Leuven · since 2006
  • Rabex very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2022
  • RAF very similar
    Abbreviation of Racing Antwerp Football · Antwerpen · since 1979
  • R.A.F. very similar
    Abbreviation of Rebel Air Force · Sint-Truiden · since 1992
  • RAF very similar
    Koekelberg · since 1997
  • RAF very similar
    Abbreviation of Rotary Aalst Foundation · Aalst · since 1997
  • Raf (sole trader) very similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2014
  • RAF very similar
    Abbreviation of Rebranding Africa Forum · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Brussel · since 2016
  • R.A.F. very similar
    Abbreviation of RISTORANTE ALESSIA FUSCHETTO · Full-service restaurants · Anderlues · since 2017
  • Raf+ very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2017
  • RAF+ very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deerlijk · since 2019
  • R.A.F. very similar
    Abbreviation of Rêver aux Futurs · Beloeil · since 2020
  • R.a.F. very similar
    Abbreviation of R.a.F. Company · General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
  • RAF very similar
    Event catering · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
  • RAF very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 2007
  • RAF (sole trader) very similar
    Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
  • RAF (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • RAFBOC similar
    Operation of sports facilities · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2021

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