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.
“RVO”
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 cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Holsbeek · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Organisatie Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen · Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Deinze · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Red Vic Wilrijk B.B.C. · Operation of sports facilities · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Floor and wall tiling · Herent · since 1997
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Abbreviation of RANDO VELO · Rixensart · since 2000
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Abbreviation of REISLEIDERS VLAANDEREN · Roeselare · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2014
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Media representation · Leuven · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Rianne Vandersteegen · Other social work without accommodation · Maaseik · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Reverbistan · Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · since 2018
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2021
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Site preparation · Staden · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Abbreviation of De Koninklijke Roervinken · Wuustwezel · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026