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.
“RETROOS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of antiques · Gent · since 2020
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aartselaar · since 1985
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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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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Gistel · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Ronse · since 2022
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Veurne · since 2015
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Nursing and midwifery · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Oudenaarde · since 2001
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Other education · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2004
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Enghien · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Pelt · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1985
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Middelkerke · since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wijnegem · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Namur · since 2011
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Other information service activities · Ukkel · since 2012
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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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Ninove · since 1996