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.
“RUL”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rochefort · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ROYALE UNION LASNE OHAIN · Operation of sports facilities · Lasne · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Pecq · since 1995
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Event catering · Waregem · since 1998
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2016
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Site preparation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Other postal and courier activities · Mechelen · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2021
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Liège · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of MOLORU · Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Herk-de-Stad · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Royale Union Limbourg Football Club · Football clubs · Limbourg · since 2014
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Flémalle · since 2021
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Other business support services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Hamont-Achel · since 2022
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Other business support services · Wuustwezel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Rarity United · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Rumori · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Abbreviation of RU-Serious · Activiteiten van industriële designers · Buggenhout · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 1979