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.
“ROCHE”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Anderlecht · since 1924
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Maldegem · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2023
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Gembloux · since 2017
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Plastering work · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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since 2012
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Name of an establishment of NIJSKENS et Cie · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Rochefort · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · Viroinval · since 1997
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Vorst · since 2012
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2014
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Genk · since 1998
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Dental practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Warehousing and storage · Aalst · since 1964
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Elsene · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Rochefort · since 2019
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Theux · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of OFFICE DES PROPRIETAIRES WALLONIE · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1987
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Aalst · since 2001
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Roeselare · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CONSTATIMMO · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Brussel · since 1986
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Jette · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of DEWINTER & RUTSAERT · Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Wingene · since 2002
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General medical practice · Ukkel · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · Braine-le-Château · since 2023
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Event catering · Stabroek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of RADIO OFFICERS CLUB · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1954
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Abbreviation of PANACH SERAING · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Seraing · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Reis- en Opleidingscentrum · Activiteiten van bibliotheken · Gent · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Regionaal Opleidingscentrum · Other education · Roeselare · since 1996
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Verviers · since 2000
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Abbreviation of RESEAU DES ORGANISTIONS DE LA SOCIETE CIVILE DU CAMEROUN · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Abbreviation of RAVYTS OLIVIER CONSULTING · Aalst · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Running Oreye Club · Oreye · since 2019
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Abbreviation of REAL OPPORTUNITIES COMPANY · Real estate agency activities · Mons · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Couleurs Extrêmes · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Clavier · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ROC Industrial Services · General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2020
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Real Opwijk City · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Opwijk · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ROOTS OF COMBATS · Other sports activities · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Rochefort · since 1987
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 2017
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Tyre services · since 2013
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Rochefort · since 2022
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since 1977
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since 2006
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Mixed farming · since 1978
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since 1989
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Rochefort · since 1987
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Brussel · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Huldenberg · since 2022