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.
“RUNI”
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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hoogstraten · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2019
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Hasselt · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van gehomogeniseerde voedingspreparaten en dieetvoeding · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lichtervelde · since 1989
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Other sports activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2019
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Detailhandel in parket-, laminaat- en kurkvloeren · Brussel · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Aywaille · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2001
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Fleurus · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Mol · since 2015
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Abbreviation of RUN MANAGEMENT · Operation of sports facilities · Gesves · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Genk · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2008
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Computer programming · Lichtervelde · since 2009
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Olen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of RUN-EU SERVICES · Other membership organisations · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Kuurne · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Liège · since 2018