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.
“RUSCH”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Liège · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Royale Union Sporting Club Anderlues · Cafés and bars · Anderlues · since 1978
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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since 2018
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · DOESBURG · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ROYALE ENTENTE SPORTIVE COMMUNALE HOUFFALOISE · Football clubs · Houffalize · since 1940
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Woerden · since 1979
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Lokeren · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Royal excelsior sporting club horrues · Operation of sports facilities · Soignies · since 2000
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Bramsche · since 1949
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Trade name of ROSS · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2016
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of DUSCH SCRI · Literary creation · Héron · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2008
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2026
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023