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.
“RUNICA”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in parket-, laminaat- en kurkvloeren · Brussel · since 2022
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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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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Deinze · since 1974
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 1974
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Activities of lawyers · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2019
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Poperinge · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2026
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1983
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Inland freight water transport · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van kantoormachines, inclusief computers · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Asse · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Boortmeerbeek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 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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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 · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Brugge · since 2002
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Abbreviation of NICA HOME PROJECTS · Insulation installation · Ninove · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2023