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.
“RAPID SHOP”
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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Etterbeek · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Wemmel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EUROPE BUSINESS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MEYBO · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Oostende · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of RAPID AFFICHAGE · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Floor and wall tiling · Dentergem · since 2009
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Zoersel · since 1986
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Sambreville · since 2011
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Lanaken · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Tienen · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017