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.
“ROA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Radiodiffusion Ourthe - Amblève · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sprimont · since 1982
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Vilvoorde · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ROUSSEAU OPEN ACADEMY · Schaarbeek · since 2020
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Oxfam-Wereldwinkels · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Gent · since 1975
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Hairdressing and barber services · Lier · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 1990
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Tienen · since 1991
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Londerzeel · since 1995
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Computer programming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of A FAMILY AFFAIR · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Zedelgem · since 2012
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Other personal services · Wingene · since 2007
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Specialist medical practice · Rotselaar · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Constructor Road · Châtelet · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other personal services · Wingene · since 2025
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Hasselt · since 2026
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Elsene · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of GLOBALCON · General construction of residential buildings · Aartselaar · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ukkel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2020
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Huldenberg · since 2011
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Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of PEPER · Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Event catering · since 2025
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Retie · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Ittre · since 1991
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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Abbreviation of RENZHONG OBJECTIF · Beloeil · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Galerij RO · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Mechelen · since 1975