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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.

“REFILD”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • REFILD same name
    Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2024
  • REFIL very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Assenede · since 1990
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
  • Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2019
  • REWILD very similar
    Other personal services · Wellen · since 2019
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2012
  • Other sports activities · since 2025
  • REWILD very similar
    Tellin · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2016
  • REFIN similar
    Brasschaat · since 1991
  • REFIK similar
    Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
  • Refix similar
    Gent · since 2026
  • Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
  • REFINA similar
    Grobbendonk · since 1999
  • REFIBO similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 2001
  • Re Fi-oe similar
    Abbreviation of reseau des femmes immigrees et d'origine etrangere en belgique · Schaarbeek · since 2013
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
  • REFIAL similar
    Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Boom · since 2020
  • ReFiGo similar
    Physiotherapy · Jabbeke · since 2023
  • Refisc similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lokeren · since 2023
  • Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2006
  • Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2024
  • FILD similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ronse · since 1995
  • RE-FIX similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1994

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