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.
“G. IDEA”
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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Herentals · since 2001
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Aalst · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1995
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Initiatives pour le Développement du Sud · Ganshoren · since 2005
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Kuurne · since 2011
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Abbreviation of "I.D.E.A. S.C" · Market research and public opinion polling · Mons · since 1956
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Bornem · since 1981
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Elsene · since 1987
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Other building finishing work · Brugge · since 1988
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Beauvechain · since 1989
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL DECOR EXPORT AGENCY · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beauvechain · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Dendermonde · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · Bastogne · since 1999
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Soumagne · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van producten van vezelcement · since 1993
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Abbreviation of IDEA Chauffage et Sanitaire · Plumbing work · Grez-Doiceau · since 2016
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Gembloux · since 2016
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Other retail sale of food · since 1995
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ICEHOCKEY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION · Liedekerke · since 2009
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1982
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Abbreviation of INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT,ENVIRONMENT,AND ARCHITECTURE · Elsene · since 2004
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Development of non-residential building projects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Fédération nationale de la Vidéo amateur · Brussel · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Association internationale des Ecrivains africains · Liège · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · Evergem · since 1999
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Research and development on biotechnology · Beernem · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Kraainem · since 2023
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Other legal services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other business support services · Lochristi · since 2025
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Tubize · since 1988
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2024
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Hove · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Ath · since 1999
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Namur · since 1999
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Abbreviation of GAMES INDOOR DEVELOPMENT · Other amusement and recreation activities · Linkebeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Get It Done · Computer programming · Gistel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ginger Interior Design · Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Getting It Done · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Knokke-Heist · since 1982
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2012
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Other technical testing and analysis · Lochristi · since 2014
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2018
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brecht · since 2011
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Other printing · Antwerpen · since 2008