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.
“Ransa”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Wommelgem · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Verviers · since 1958
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Ingelmunster · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2014
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Schoten · since 2013
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since 2013
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Wholesale of other food products · Harelbeke · since 1975
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Two birds and a dash · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brugge · since 2016
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Plastering work · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 1999
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Wholesale of timber · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zele · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Herselt · since 2005
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Assenede · since 2020
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Tyre services · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 1989
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Mortsel · since 1999