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.
“I.BOU”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Verviers · since 1973
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Other education · since 2015
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2022
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE BOUGNET · Development of residential building projects · Chastre · since 2005
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Nivelles · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Hove · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Internationale Bouworde - Internationaler Bauorden - Association internationale des Compagnons Bâtisseurs - Association of Builder Companions · Leuven · since 1962
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Abbreviation of INTEGER BOUWEN · General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 1978
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Abbreviation of International Business Object · Elsene · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Internationale Bouworde, Association internationale des Compagnons bâtisseurs · Leuven · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INVESTERINGS- EN BELEGGINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ VAN DE OOSTKUST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Abbreviation of IMMO BELGE OFFICE · Development of residential building projects · Oudergem · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Kinderopvang Turnhout · Day nurseries and crèches · Turnhout · since 1998
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Niklaas · since 2001
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE · Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Tournai · since 2003
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Insulation installation · Gavere · since 2015
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Ingenieursbureau Oliviers · Other information service activities · Alken · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Brussel · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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MANNO · since 2013
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Employment placement agencies · Paliseul · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of IBE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beersel · since 2010
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Other business support services · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Hibou Craft Beer Company · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Kalmthout · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Chastre · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Orp-Jauche · since 2005
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Other postal and courier activities · Ternat · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Houthulst · since 1998
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Oudergem · since 2000
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Equestrian clubs · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021