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.
“RUIS”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ledegem · since 2013
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Werkstroomm · Other social work without accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of WERKMMAAT · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Antwerpen · since 2009
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Genk · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2019
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2026
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Abbreviation of vzw Ruit · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2022
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Event catering · Nieuwpoort · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Kampenhout · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Kampenhout · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Jette · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Jette · since 1968
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General construction of residential buildings · Londerzeel · since 2000
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Kortenberg · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gent · since 2005