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.
“RO-THO”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bree · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Haacht · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Computer programming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2022
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Beloeil · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Niel · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Londerzeel · since 2019
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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WUSTENROT · since 1976
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Horgenzell · since 2018
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Other printing · Beringen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Referee On Tour · Other business support services · Turnhout · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1997
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Haaltert · since 2022
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since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lo-Reninge · since 2006