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.
“RAV”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2011
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Herentals · since 2007
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
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Beersel · since 1950
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1997
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of RAVP STUDIOS · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2006
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Lochristi · since 2024
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Other education · since 2024
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Turnhout · since 1982
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Abbreviation of RECREATIE- EN ACTIVITEITEN VERENIGING VOOR ALLEENSTAANDEN · Other amusement and recreation activities · Brugge · since 1983
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Genk · since 1986
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Growing of flowers · Lochristi · since 1988
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Roeselare · since 1988
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Vorst · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of SMART RETAIL LOGISTICS BELGIUM · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Keerbergen · since 2003
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Other sports activities · Zaventem · since 2016
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Other postal and courier activities · Maaseik · since 2017
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Kruisem · since 2019
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Réseau Aliment-Terre de l’Arrondissement de Verviers · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Jalhay · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · since 2002
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Tourist information services · Koksijde · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2011
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Site preparation · Aartselaar · since 2004
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Computer programming · Schoten · since 2005
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2005
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Other specialised design activities · Brugge · since 2025
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Temse · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MINOOT · Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Herstal · since 2001
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Abbreviation of V4 Immo · Essen · since 2001
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Abbreviation of renier ARCHITECTURE, architects factory · Activities of building architects · Verviers · since 2002
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since 2013
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Abbreviation of Racing Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Abbreviation of RA projects · Other business support services · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Interior design · Oostende · since 2026
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Hasselt · since 2022