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.
“RVDA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Lede · since 2019
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Rijksverlofkas voor de Diamantnijverheid · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Antwerpen · since 1946
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hamont-Achel · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1989
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kapellen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Regionale Vereniging van Dhomay in België · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Brecht · since 2018
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Computer programming · Héron · since 2018
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Plumbing work · Wommelgem · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Hannut · since 2022
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Proefboren en boren · Wichelen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Maarkedal · since 2003
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Profondeville · since 2004
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Izegem · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2024
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Torhout · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2025
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2015