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.
“BIMS”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Belgian Industrial Merchants Society · Brussel · since 1939
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of A.R. BIM'S · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Quaregnon · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Balen · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · since 2018
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Société Belge de Bims · Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Genk · since 1953
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Abbreviation of Bosal International Management · Activities of holding companies · Lummen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Brasschaatse Immobiliën Maatschappij · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brasschaat · since 1981
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of BOECHOUTSE IMMOBILIEN MAATSCHAPPIJ · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BREESE IMMO MAATSCHAPPIJ · Buying and selling of own real estate · Bree · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BEHAR & Co. INTERNATIONAL MERCHANTS · Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Ukkel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BUREAU INGENIEUR MAHY · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bastogne · since 2017
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS IN MOVEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BORSA INVEST & MANAGEMENT · Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2008
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Abbreviation of BUREAU IMMOBILIER MONTOIS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2012
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Lanaken · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BEDRIJVEN INDUSTRIE MALDEGEM · Maldegem · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Brabantse Immobiliën Maatschappij · Schilde · since 2023
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Elsene · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapellen · since 2024
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Kortrijk · since 2004
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Abbreviation of BONDING INNOVATIVE MUTUAL ASSOCIATION · Oudergem · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Bedrijfs - Informatica Management en Advies · Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Business Intelligence Management Consulting · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hamont-Achel · since 2001
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since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Theux · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Soumagne · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Diest · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC ASSOCIATION · Ukkel · since 2006
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Aartselaar · since 2007
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Dentergem · since 2026
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Bonheiden · since 1975