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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.
“RIPAR”
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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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Deinze · since 1987
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Grevenbroich · since 2013
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Wholesale of timber · Menen · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ETABLISSEMENTS KIPAR - ETABLISSEMENTEN KIPAR · Vervaardiging van andere delen en toebehoren voor motorvoertuigen · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1978
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Wholesale of other household goods · Brasschaat · since 1983
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Pig breeding farms · Staden · since 1995
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE PARTICIPATION · MODENA · since 1997
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Abbreviation of GULDENBERG INVESTERINGS - EN PARTICIPATIEMAATSCHAPPIJ · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES INTERMEDIAIRES D'ASSURANCES · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Centre Interdiocésain du Patrimoine et des Arts religieux · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Namur · since 2018
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Activities of notaries · Brugge · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2007
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Computer programming · Tielt-Winge · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · since 2012
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DERBY LADIES · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Roeselare · since 2012
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Raising of dairy cattle · Hooglede · since 2018
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Abbreviation of RAMSES INTUITIVE PRODUCTIONS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Rest in Peace · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2011
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since 2018
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Vorst · since 1995
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Diest · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of VANDENDRIESSCHE · Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2015