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.
“Ritts”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Pelt · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2006
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2001
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Uitgeven van kranten · Heusden-Zolder · since 2003
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Activiteiten van persfotografen · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Anzegem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Evergem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Rix IT Solutions · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Roels IT Service · Nutrition and dietetics services · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Rimshot Information Technology Services · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2007
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Lokeren · since 1988
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Oreye · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Kapsalon Priscilla · Hairdressing and barber services · Lint · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of RENOSYS · Forging of metal · Courcelles · since 1981