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.
“RYCO”
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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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Yacht Club Oostende · Operation of sports facilities · Oostende · since 1948
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Activities of head offices · Lievegem · since 2010
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Other software publishing · Tienen · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Maldegem · since 2025
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
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Wholesale of machine tools · Deerlijk · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ROYALE YACHT CLUB DE LA MEUSE · Liège · since 1928
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Abbreviation of ROYAL YACHT CLUB van BELGIE · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Royal Yachting Club Ittre · Cafés and bars · Ittre · since 1970
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geraardsbergen · since 1990
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Izegem · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Geel · since 2009
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Site preparation · Comines-Warneton · since 1980
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2001
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1994
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Abbreviation of JAN RYCKAERT CONSULT · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1999