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.
“RIKAL”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lier · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Ecaussinnes · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Ieper · since 1988
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Pig breeding farms · Pittem · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of G RICHARD CONSULT · Other financial services · Evere · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Rivières de Wallonie · Couvin · since 2013
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Site preparation · Gent · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Rijkevorsel · since 2022
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Wholesale of timber · Menen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in aardappelproducten · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · since 2021
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Halle · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Residential Invest Kapellen · Mons · since 2022
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Waregem · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2018