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.
“RANES”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2014
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Schoten · since 2013
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2021
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Other specialised construction activities · Dilbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Two birds and a dash · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brugge · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Kortrijk · since 1997
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 2014
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2016
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Abbreviation of RACINES, LA CULTURE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Brussel · since 2019
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
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Gent · since 2004
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Other social work without accommodation · Oupeye · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · Halle · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Florennes · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Pajottegem · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Abbreviation of RACINES ASBL · Braine-le-Château · since 2025
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Liège · since 2025
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2023
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Wholesale of machine tools · since 2016