Skip to content

Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“READ.BE”

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.

  • READ.BE same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Fernelmont · since 2005
  • READ ME very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Oudenaarde · since 2000
  • REAM.be (sole trader) very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
  • REALBE very similar
    Abbreviation of RESEAU D'ASBLS LATINO AMERICAIN EN BELGIQUE · Elsene · since 2008
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Readsy (sole trader) similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
  • Readex similar
    Real estate agency activities · Waterloo · since 2011
  • READCO similar
    Other business support services · Schilde · since 2007
  • Ready 2 (sole trader) similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
  • ADBE similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • Ready similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Bornem · since 1974
  • READTO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2012

Next steps

How many businesses like yours are there already?Competitors in your municipality and your sector's figures. Already have a company?See how banks and suppliers see it.

We would like to set cookies. That happens only with your consent. What we measure