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.
“ROPACA”
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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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2013
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Zonnebeke · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Société des Papiers et Carbones · Schaarbeek · since 1968
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Opwijk · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zonnebeke · since 1987
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Vosselaar · since 2014
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2012
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Other education · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1989
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Destelbergen · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Willebroek · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Ieper · since 2023
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zottegem · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1982
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Lennik · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Platform van Afrikaanse Gemeenschappen · Antwerpen · since 1999