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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“RUNO”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • RUNO same name
    Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Mol · since 2015
  • RUNO same name
    Other information service activities · Genk · since 2021
  • RUNO same name
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 2004
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • RU-NOR similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2008
  • Runos similar
    Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2026
  • Retail sale of footwear · since 2019
  • RUNOCA similar
    Activities of head offices · Asse · since 2011
  • Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
  • RUNONLY similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
  • RUNA similar
    Brussel · since 1998
  • RUNA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1999
  • RUNE similar
    Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2001
  • RUN'S similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Fleurus · since 2015
  • RUN M similar
    Abbreviation of RUN MANAGEMENT · Operation of sports facilities · Gesves · since 2018
  • RUNE similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 2023
  • RUN8 similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2008
  • RUNS similar
    Computer programming · Lichtervelde · since 2009
  • RUNI similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hoogstraten · since 2004
  • Runa similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Olen · since 2025
  • RUN-S similar
    Abbreviation of RUN-EU SERVICES · Other membership organisations · Kortrijk · since 2025
  • Event catering · since 2025
  • Other business support services · since 2015
  • General electrical installation work · since 1998
  • Computer programming · since 2026
  • Bruno similar
    Wavre · since 1952
  • Bruno similar
    Name of an establishment of BRUNO SOMERS · General electrical installation work · Waterloo · since 1990
  • BRUNO similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 1996
  • BRUNO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · La Louvière · since 1999
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 1989
  • Bruno similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2018
  • Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · since 2018
  • Bruno similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2011
  • BRUNO similar
    Beringen · since 2019
  • BRUNO similar
    Name of an establishment of GLENN VANFRAUSSEN · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Zonhoven · since 2020
  • Painting of buildings · since 2023
  • Bruno similar
    Name of an establishment of CHIANDRO · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Peer · since 2007
  • Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
  • Pr-Uno similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Glabbeek · since 2008
  • BRUNO similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Leuven · since 2025
  • BRUNO similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Destelbergen · since 2025
  • ORUNO similar
    Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Zonhoven · since 2025

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