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.
“RUTA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Putte · since 1997
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Leuven · since 2011
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2015
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Interior design · Waregem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Ruts Bouw- en Montage Tilburg BV · Tilburg · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Renaissance Union Tubize Braine-le-Comte · Football clubs · Tubize · since 1990
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brugge · since 2018
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2025
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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since 1977
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d' Action sociale de Flémalle · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Flémalle · since 1977
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Other construction installation · Kraainem · since 2021
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Dental practice · Verviers · since 1989
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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Other printing · since 2017
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Vocational training · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2019
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Edegem · since 1990