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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“RECIPE”

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.

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • RECIPE same name
    Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • Recip-e same name
    Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2010
  • RECIPE same name
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Anderlecht · since 2005
  • Sole trader very similar
    Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · since 1984
  • ECIPE very similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY · Activities of business and employers' organisations · UPPSALA · since 2012
  • ReCiTe very similar
    Insulation installation · Lommel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Other legal services · since 2022
  • RECI BVBA similar
    Vervaardiging van voeders voor huisdieren · Asse · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Other legal services · since 2025
  • RECIM similar
    Warehousing and storage · Hulshout · since 2020
  • Recim2 similar
    Site preparation · Hulshout · since 1989
  • RECIES similar
    Abbreviation of Réseau Européen Internationale en Economie Sociale · Brussel · since 1994
  • RECIMA similar
    Abbreviation of LES RESIDENCES CITOYENNES MARCHINOISES · Marchin · since 2016
  • RECIMO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Seraing · since 2016

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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