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.
“ROMANCE 1980”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1975
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1983
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oudergem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1984
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Tournai · since 1984
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Abbreviation of ROMBOUTS MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1990
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Kalmthout · since 1983
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of ROMA · Activities of holding companies · Lennik · since 1990
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1982
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Mechelen · since 2012
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Wortegem-Petegem · since 2014
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1983