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.
“RAFACO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of HOTEP ADVISORY MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Eeklo · since 1974
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maarkedal · since 1992
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Wielsbeke · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2000
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Kortrijk · since 2012
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Beringen · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · As · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Bocholt · since 2023
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Durbuy · since 2004
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Office administrative and support services · Ranst · since 2007
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1994
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Malmedy · since 1984
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Abbreviation of RAPPORTERING EN COÖRDINATIE · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Rights and Freedoms.Always. · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of RÉSEAU D'AIDE POUR LA FAMILLE · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Liège · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2013
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since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Chimay · since 2004
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Other social work without accommodation · Anderlecht · since 1994
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Collectif Rafale · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Namur · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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General medical practice · Lier · since 2022
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Liège · since 2018