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.
“RICOS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Zemst · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 1998
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Juprelle · since 2010
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Dental practice · Bonheiden · since 2025
Names that resemble it 39 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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Brussel · since 1984
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Nursing and midwifery · Pajottegem · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Zuienkerke · since 2020
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Lokeren · since 2009
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · FAUFEN · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Recreatief Internationaal Cultuurcentrum · Brussel · since 1972
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Abbreviation of REALISATIONS IMMOBILIERES COLPE · Namur · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Renting Investment Corporation · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1983
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortrijk · since 1986
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Abbreviation of GARAGE CHAMPENOIS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Yvoir · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ROYALE INVEST & CREDIT · Real estate agency activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of L'AVENIR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1998
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Abbreviation of RETAIL INVEST COMPANY · Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Froidchapelle · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Kinrooi · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2011
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Abbreviation of REALIZE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY · Perwez · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Recreative International Centre · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Ukkel · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2022
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Koekelare · since 1990
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Other tax advisory services · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of ABRICOS SS · Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hastière · since 2024
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Other construction installation · Brussel · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brasschaat · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Impresa Costruzioni Opere Specializzate · Milano · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of ICOS VISION SYSTEMS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leuven · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Ingénierie de la Construction & Stabilité · Buying and selling of own real estate · Kraainem · since 2009
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Jette · since 2012