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.
“RAKI”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Beringen · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Koekelberg · since 2001
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Abbreviation of RAKRAKRAK · Mol · since 2015
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Abbreviation of RAK vzw · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Aarschot · since 2009
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Abbreviation of RAK Smashed Burgers · Event catering · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of RAKempen · Vervaardiging van maalderijproducten · Balen · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Aalter · since 2025
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Abbreviation of RAKO BELGIE · Kontich · since 1985
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Overijse · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Rakomelo · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2025
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since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenburg · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zwalm · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
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Willebroek · since 2024
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Other personal services · Leuven · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Lendelede · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · since 2026
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Brussel · since 2019