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.
“RAYS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Rulle At Your Service · Other construction installation · Tielt-Winge · since 2016
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2008
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Abbreviation of REAL AFRICAN YOUTH · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MTM · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of RAYONNE · Nursing and midwifery · Pont-à-Celles · since 2018
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Other business support services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2004
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Retail sale of footwear · Brussel · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1997
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Activiteiten op het gebied van osteopathie · since 2012
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Vocational training · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Halen · since 2019
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Nivelles · since 2022
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Other business support services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2024
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since 2012