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.
“RATIA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of RATIO EVENTS & TRAVEL · Contract catering and other food service activities · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Translation services · since 2003
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Other education · Gingelom · since 2018
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Brussel · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Edegem · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ADRATIO · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grimbergen · since 2008
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Leuven · since 1988
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Haacht · since 1982
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Elsene · since 2020
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General medical practice · Ramillies · since 2020
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Computer programming · Herzele · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1986
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2022
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Harelbeke · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Ronse Atletiek Team · Ronse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Rock Academy (by Tagada) · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Charleroi · since 2021
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Abbreviation of régie alternative télécom · Brussel · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Computer programming · Ukkel · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Merksplas · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Vorst · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2019