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.
“RANALE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2015
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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 · Hasselt · since 2019
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bocholt · since 2013
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Gistel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of HARRY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Geel · since 2008
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Other business support services · Blankenberge · since 2001
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Other postal and courier activities · Waregem · since 2025
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since 2025
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Seraing · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beringen · since 1991
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Other specialised construction activities · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Other education · Stabroek · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of F.A. INTERNATIONAL · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Antwerpen · since 2023