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.
“RUNIA”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2026
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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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Detailhandel in parket-, laminaat- en kurkvloeren · Brussel · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Herzele · since 1991
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2001
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Kapellen · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Binche · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugelette · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waasmunster · since 2004
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Computer programming · Herzele · since 2024
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Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · LILLE · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 1999
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hoogstraten · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lichtervelde · since 1989
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2019
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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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Abbreviation of L'UNION NATIONAL DES IMMIGRES ALBANAIS · tirana · since 2008