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.
“ROB ROY”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Nieuwpoort · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1967
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Maasmechelen · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1946
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Abbreviation of Rohr und Anlagen Bau · Essen/Ruhr · since 1969
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since 1982
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Abbreviation of REGIONALE OMROEP BRABANT · Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Leuven · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ranst · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Neupré · since 1998
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2014
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Event catering · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of RIJENSE ONDERHOUDSERVICE BELGIË · Bricklaying and masonry work · Kalmthout · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2025
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since 2011
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2000
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Retail sale of games and toys · Kalmthout · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Alveringem · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2013
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Kippenkwekerijen · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Harelbeke · since 2026