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.
“Ribera”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 2020
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Tervuren · since 2004
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2006
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Abbreviation of International Board of Environmental Risk Assessors · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diest · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 1990
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Brussel · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of Dierencrematorium Vlaamse Ardennen · Funeral services · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of ASCONA · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2011
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Bornem · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van bedrijfsrevisoren, accountants en belastingsadviseurs · Gent · since 1934
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Oreye · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Belgian Equipment Rental Association · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE · Mol · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2004
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Hasselt · since 1998