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.
“RALPH”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostende · since 2018
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Other business support services · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Deinze · since 2020
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waregem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 2000
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of CARAMALI · Performing arts by independent artists · Liège · since 2003
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Evere · since 2014
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Painting of buildings · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Trade name of FINGER · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Beauvechain · since 1998
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Raeren · since 2008
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Ronse · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2012
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2004
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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Bewerken van diamant · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Eupen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1997
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brugge · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Robinetterie et Ateliers de Ligny · Vervaardiging van andere kranen en dergelijke artikelen · Sombreffe · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Fraternelle des Regiments d'Artillerie Lourde · Brussel · since 1938
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Logging · Brussel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of RELIEF AND LOGISTICS · Goederenvervoer door de lucht · Keerbergen · since 1996
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Site preparation · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Eeklo · since 2010
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Namur · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ACTION LIBERALE PROVINCE DU HAINAUT · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Charleroi · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2018