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.
“REEL”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · Charleroi · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · Geel · since 2012
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Production of cinema films · Ukkel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Rassemblement européen des Eleveurs libres et Amateurs de Chats Colour Points · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1977
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Funeral services · since 2025
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Tourist information services · since 2021
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Brugge · since 2006
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of RELAIS EQUESTRE ETALLE · Etalle · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of S.M. R.E.E. · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ciney · since 2016
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Abbreviation of RESTART LIEGE · Liège · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Résidence Entité de Louveigné de la Fondation Alexandre Ketin · Chaudfontaine · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Waterloo · since 2011
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Abbreviation of REAL ESTATE LAND · Real estate agency activities · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Logging · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ieper · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2013
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Other construction installation · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activiteiten van extraterritoriale organisaties en instanties · Utrecht · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Réseau européen des Enfants déplacés · Elsene · since 1997
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Charleroi · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Radio & Electronics Engineering Club · Beauvechain · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Real Estate Executive Search · Employment placement agencies · Hove · since 2019
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Other technical testing and analysis · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gent · since 2016
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Maasmechelen · since 2016
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2020