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“RIB”
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Same or very similar names
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Renault Industrie Belgique · Namur · since 1964
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Wavre · since 2004
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lummen · since 1972
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Raad voor Inspectie en Begeleiding Niet-Confessionele Zedenleer · Lier · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Riba Management · Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2001
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2015
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Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Brecht · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of ASCONA · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Brugge · since 1998
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Le Roeulx · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · De Haan · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Screed work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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Tervuren · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Lubbeek · since 2020
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Heusden-Zolder · since 2009
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2011
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Psychology services · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · Ternat · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diest · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Rekreatie-Investering · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1982
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Abbreviation of RESIDENTIAL INVEST · Lessines · since 1996
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Herk-de-Stad · since 2009
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Event catering · Gent · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2021
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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.