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.
“RIBEN”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2011
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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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Beauvechain · since 2011
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Heusden-Zolder · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Sankt Vith · since 2020
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Roofing work · since 2021
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Ninove · since 2021
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
Names that resemble it 11 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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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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Ganshoren · since 2005
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2022