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.
“Raton BV”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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BREDA · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Rattenbestrijding Oost-Vlaanderen · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 1997
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2021
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GOIRLE · since 1998
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Harelbeke · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Ronse Atletiek Team · Ronse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Rock Academy (by Tagada) · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Charleroi · since 2021
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Abbreviation of régie alternative télécom · Brussel · since 2011
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Other cleaning activities · Brussel · since 2024
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Oostende · since 2025