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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Ranson, Pascal”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 1984
  • Sole trader very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2006
  • Ranson very similar
    Wholesale of other food products · Harelbeke · since 1975
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of other animals · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of antiques · since 2026
  • RASCAL similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 1995
  • Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Grimbergen · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Other construction installation · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2010

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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