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.
“RETHO”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beloeil · since 2003
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Activities of notaries · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Harelbeke · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2017
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Gistel · since 2018
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bree · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Beringen · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Wingene · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Eeklo · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2024
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Ninove · since 1996
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Buggenhout · since 2001
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Abbreviation of RESEAU EUROPEEN SUR LE TERRITOIRE · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Abbreviation of REPASS'EXPRESS TOURNAI · Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Tournai · since 2009
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Zedelgem · since 1998
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waterloo · since 2014
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2007
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2025
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Other educational support services · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Real Estate Terrains · Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2018
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since 2013