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.
“RETRACE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Visual arts creation · Antoing · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MVITRA · Freight transport by road · Diest · since 1995
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Computer programming · Sint-Niklaas · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ReTraCo Benelux · Other specialised construction activities · since 2004
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Recuperatie- en Transportmaatschappij · Materials recovery from waste · Gent · since 1979
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Joinery installation · Lessines · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 1998
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Office administrative and support services · since 2017
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Physiotherapy · Kruisem · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Ride Against Cancer Enduro VoG · Sankt Vith · since 2023
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Esch-Alzette · since 1977
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Middelkerke · since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · Theux · since 2010
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aartselaar · since 1985
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Market research and public opinion polling · Waterloo · since 1989
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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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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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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Gistel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Trace, you only have one body · Sports and recreation education · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of TERRAIN DE RECHERCHES ARTISTIQUES CONTEMPORAINES ET EXPÉRIMENTALES · Grez-Doiceau · since 2009
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Ninove · since 1996