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.
“RICOBEL”
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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 2009
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Thimister-Clermont · since 1968
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Plumbing work · Zoutleeuw · since 1993
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Abbreviation of POLYSERV · Péruwelz · since 1979
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Wholesale of machine tools · Deerlijk · since 1988
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Lokeren · since 1990
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Abbreviation of FISCALITE - COMPTABILITE - BELGIUM · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Fernelmont · since 1991
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Gingelom · since 2019
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Zutphen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Industrielle et Commerciale Belge · Anderlecht · since 1954
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Zonhoven · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Rogiers Investment Company · Activities of holding companies · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Wavre · since 1975
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Development of residential building projects · Berlaar · since 2022
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Wholesale of live animals · Ath · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ASCONA · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Brasschaat · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 1998
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Computer programming · Zemst · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2003
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1976
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Manufacture of outerwear
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Name of an establishment of ROBEL ms · Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2005
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Other technical testing and analysis · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Juprelle · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2010
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Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 1968
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Quiévrain · since 1964