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.
“RAPERO”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of CRAMELI · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of TIDEE · Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1996
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Herentals · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Amicale des Praticiens En Réhabilitation Orale · Other education · Oudergem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of l’Apéro Oostende · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Trade name of DE FLEURQUIN - SNELDERS · Gent · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of M.A. · Event catering · Quaregnon · since 1999
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2015
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Event catering · Kapellen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Stabroek · since 2026
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1994
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Diest · since 1972
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Van Ryckeghem Lynn · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Lokeren · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bernissart · since 2019