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.
“READCO”
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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Other business support services · Schilde · since 2007
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Zonnebeke · since 2024
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Mouscron · since 1992
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1991
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Seraing · since 2009
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Profondeville · since 2012
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1991
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Thuin · since 2024
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Book publishing · Brussel · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Lanaken · since 2001
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2012
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Oudenaarde · since 2000
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Waterloo · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Fernelmont · since 2005
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Roofing work · Wemmel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Office of Cooperation Social Actions and Development for the Third World @African Development and Cooperation@ · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Office administrative and support services · Brakel · since 1997
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Oostkamp · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Kalmthout · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Advocatenkantoor Decroix · Activities of lawyers · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Other business support services · Jette · since 2025
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Bornem · since 1974
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Sint-Truiden · since 2005