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.
“RUNS”
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.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Fleurus · since 2015
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Computer programming · Lichtervelde · since 2009
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Abbreviation of RUN-EU SERVICES · Other membership organisations · Kortrijk · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other sports activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2019
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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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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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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brugge · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hoogstraten · 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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Event catering · since 2025
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Bergeijk · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Run@Sunrise ASBL · Fernelmont · since 2021