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.
“REFINA”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brasschaat · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2024
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Financiële lease · Charleroi · since 1967
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Other financial services · Peer · since 2013
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Haacht · since 2006
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Menen · since 1990
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Menen · since 1980
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Activities of head offices · Deerlijk · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2001
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Mesure Financial Assets · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of REYNOLDS THOMAS&LOVELL JASON · Full-service restaurants · Dinant · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CAROVIN · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2011
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1966
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1978
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Mechelse Fineerfabrieken · Mechelen · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Défense des Intérêts des Assurés · Anderlecht · since 1960
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Dinant · since 1989
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2015
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2016
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Other personal services · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Other financial services · Dentergem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Régional de Financement R. Bourgaux A. De Lil et Cie · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1968
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Lens (Hainaut) · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of TCHAMBA - REFINDER · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Welkenraedt · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Assenede · since 1990
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Screed work · Gent · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of REFINITIV SA · News agency activities · Genève · since 2000
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 2001
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Abbreviation of reseau des femmes immigrees et d'origine etrangere en belgique · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Boom · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lokeren · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1994