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.
“RIBEM”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Tervuren · since 2004
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2011
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Brugge · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zemst · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2022
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Psychology services · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of FINANCIELE INVESTERINGS- EN BELEGGINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Meise · since 1985
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 2020
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Bornem · since 2004
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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
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tervuren · since 2004
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2006
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Kasterlee · since 1993
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1984