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.
“RISO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ranst · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Muca · Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SAAMO Gent · Other social work without accommodation · Gent · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herstal · since 1998
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Evere · since 1981
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Abbreviation of REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE AND SERVICES · Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Roelandt Investment And Services · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Affligem · since 2014
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Site preparation · Ukkel · since 2020
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Namur · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Genappe · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of ADF BENELUX · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Rechtvaardig in Samenwerkign met het oog op de wereld · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Renewable, Innovative Solutions towards Recycling and Circular Economy · Materials recovery from waste · Baelen · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 1975
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Koekelberg · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Rabbit Independant Stage Coaching · Cafés and bars · Ranst · since 1994
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Uitgeven van kranten · Brussel · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of The Van Der Jeught Group · Other amusement and recreation activities · Brugge · since 2002
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Abbreviation of RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE SITE SHARING · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Brussel · since 2002
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Computer programming · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of RISE4LIFE · Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Brussel · since 2023
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Wholesale of live animals · Temse · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lokeren · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ROYAL IXELLES SWIMMING CLUB · Elsene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Risk Horizon · Mons · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2025
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Abbreviation of RISE Basketball · Sports and recreation education · Hasselt · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Other personal services · Eeklo · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Londerzeel · since 2014
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Insulation installation · Beringen · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2011
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Insulation installation · Antwerpen · since 2017