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.
“RANOVA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Evere · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Tienen · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Wavre · since 2024
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Abbreviation of A-nova architectes · Activities of building architects · Fauvillers · since 2019
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Dental practice · Meerhout · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of GOODSPEED TRANSPORT SERVICES · Freight transport by road · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Buggenhout · since 2010
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rumst · since 2025
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General medical practice · Soignies · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2025
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2026
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2026
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Kinrooi · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of ASTRA CASA · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Destelbergen · since 1989
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2003
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Name of Prometheus Coop · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Blankenberge · since 2019
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Gent · since 2019
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2021
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Kortrijk · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Brussels Health and Education Center TERRANOVA · Brussel · since 2004
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Materials recovery from waste · Liège · since 2005
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Seraing · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Waterloo · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1982