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.
“Roest”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Peppi & Kokki · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Torhout · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brugge · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brugge · since 1899
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Haacht · since 2005
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Hoogstraten · since 1992
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · since 2000
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Poperinge · since 2018
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of BELFRU · Growing of pome and stone fruits · Oud-Turnhout · since 1995
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Abbreviation of REGIONALE ONDERSTEUNINGS EQUIPE VOOR SCHOLEN, OUDERS EN JEUGDWERK · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2008
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since 2005
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Name of an establishment of VAN LUCHENE KAREL · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Waregem · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2020
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Construction of roads and motorways · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Observatoire Européen de la Santé Transfrontalière · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Arlon · since 2017
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Abbreviation of OEST EVENTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 2025