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.
“RAFO”
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.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2024
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Haaltert · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Racing Antwerp Football · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Rebel Air Force · Sint-Truiden · since 1992
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Koekelberg · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Rotary Aalst Foundation · Aalst · since 1997
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Other building finishing work · since 2014
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Rebranding Africa Forum · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of RISTORANTE ALESSIA FUSCHETTO · Full-service restaurants · Anderlues · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deerlijk · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Rêver aux Futurs · Beloeil · since 2020
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Abbreviation of R.a.F. Company · General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Retail sale of footwear · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2023
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Event catering · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 2007
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Raeren · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Royale Association Football franchimontois · Football clubs · Theux · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of RECRUITEMENT ADVICE FOR FASHION · Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Lasne · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Rescue Aid Fire Team · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
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Overige openbare orde en civiele veiligheid · Kluisbergen · since 2016
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Zedelgem · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · 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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Event catering · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ROYAL ANTWERP FOOTBALL CLUB · Football clubs · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of RÉSEAU D'AIDE POUR LA FAMILLE · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Abbreviation of RELIABLE AUTOMATION with FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nijlen · since 2004
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Other tax advisory services · Hasselt · since 2024
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Site preparation · Zele · since 2025
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Brugge · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Liège · since 1951
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Antwerpen · since 1991