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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“TRAEN”

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

25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • TRAE similar
    Joinery installation · Waasmunster · since 2016
  • Trae similar
    Wholesale of timber · Oostende · since 2021
  • TRA similar
    Abbreviation of Melatra · Freight transport by road · Torhout · since 1967
  • TRA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2017
  • TRA (sole trader) similar
    Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2020
  • TRA similar
    Other personal services · Koksijde · since 2022
  • TRA (sole trader) similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2019
  • T.R.A. similar
    since 2004
  • TRA similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Pittem · since 2024
  • TRA similar
    Abbreviation of The Root Alliance · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • Bustraen similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1943

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