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.
“Rob-Bud”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roofing work · since 2021
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Screed work · Zaventem · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1946
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Abbreviation of Rohr und Anlagen Bau · Essen/Ruhr · since 1969
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since 1982
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Abbreviation of REGIONALE OMROEP BRABANT · Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Leuven · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ranst · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Neupré · since 1998
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2014
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Event catering · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of RIJENSE ONDERHOUDSERVICE BELGIË · Bricklaying and masonry work · Kalmthout · since 2009
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2025
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since 2011
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of HAAR & HEM · Hairdressing and barber services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 1974
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2011
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DOCTERS' BANDEN · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Oud-Turnhout · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Maarkedal · since 2002
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Lokeren · since 2009
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since 2011