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.
“RECTO”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Rixensart · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of GenM OG Genk · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Jette · since 1994
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Wholesale of machine tools · Sint-Niklaas · since 1951
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Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 2025
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General medical practice · Bree · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1986
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Liège · since 1989
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Hoogstraten · since 2015
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 1995
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · Gent · since 2018
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1986
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2025
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2026
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2001
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Other education · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Activiteiten van incasso- en kredietbureaus · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Real Estate Consultancy · Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of REAL ESTATE CORPORATION · Hasselt · since 1990
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Abbreviation of REAL ESTATE COMPANY · Diest · since 1993
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of REAL ESTATE CONSULTING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gembloux · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Rêves en Cavalle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Rixensart · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of ESCON · Other legal services · Tienen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of RHODE ESTHETIC CONFLUENCE · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of FIVE FOOD · Full-service restaurants · Ciney · since 2008
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Herent · since 2023
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pajottegem · since 2023
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Translation services · since 2018