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.
“Racoon”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Chimay · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herstal · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Radio Amateur Club Oostende · Other technical testing and analysis · Oostende · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · ECHTERNACH · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Eeklo · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Westerlo · since 2020
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Other educational support services · since 2008
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Arendonk · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Radio Amateur Club Oostende · Oostende · since 1997
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Malmedy · since 1984
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Abbreviation of RAPPORTERING EN COÖRDINATIE · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2001
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2018
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Abbreviation of RACCOON42 CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 2022
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Roofing work · since 2022
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Abbreviation of RampenCoördinatoren Limburg · Lommel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of COMPUTER ONDERSTEUND ONTWERPEN · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Duffel · since 1996