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.
“Rhizoom”
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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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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Hoegaarden · since 2006
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Katholieke Scholengroep RHIZO · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Kortrijk · since 2000
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Liège · since 1996
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Flémalle · since 1999
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Elsene · since 2001
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Other information service activities · Brugge · since 2012
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2020
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Other business support services · Dessel · since 2023
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2024
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Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 2018
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 1994
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Gent · since 1982
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Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Brussel · since 1997
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Kruisem · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Leuven · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025