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.
“Ritchie”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Leuven · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Breda · since 2013
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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since 1987
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2013
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since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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since 2010
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Other specialised design activities · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2026
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · Hasselt · since 2021
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Lobbes · since 2016
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Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · since 2020