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.
“ref.rent”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Herzele · since 2026
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Gent · since 1989
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Vosselaar · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NOMAT · Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Zelzate · since 2007
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of VEQTOR · Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Refresh Clinic · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Temse · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Waasmunster · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2010
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Employment placement agencies · Dilbeek · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Asse · since 1976
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · Ninove · since 1980
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Wuustwezel · since 1993
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Other building finishing work · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Libin · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Mekki dental · Dental practice · Liège · since 2025
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1968
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Damme · since 1972
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2022
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Zaventem · since 2008
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Tielt · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Oostkamp · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Wuustwezel · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2010
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De Haan · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Renta Plus · Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Herselt · since 2015