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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“RTFM”

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.

Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 1998
  • RTFM same name
    Retail sale of games and toys · Gent · since 2006
  • R.T.F.M. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Ans · since 1994
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • RTF ASBL similar
    Abbreviation of Running Team Farciennes · Châtelet · since 2022
  • RTFN similar
    Abbreviation of Royal Team Faulx-Namur · Gesves · since 1971
  • #RTFW similar
    Wholesale of other household goods · Herk-de-Stad · since 2017
  • RTFJ similar
    Abbreviation of RADIO TELEVISION FOI EN JESUS · Vorst · since 2010
  • RTFB similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General cleaning of buildings · Mechelen · since 2017

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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