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.
“IAMA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Etterbeek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lummen · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Namur · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · Schilde · since 1996
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GENEVE · since 2012
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Mouscron · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Interior design · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Institut des Arts Martiaux · Liège · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2020
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200 OLAWA - STANOWICE · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Ici, Ailleurs et Maintenant · Verviers · since 2024
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Abbreviation of IGGY'S AMERICAN MOTORCYCLES · Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEIOBENTHOLOGISTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Abbreviation of INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING & MARKETING BUREAU · Computer programming · Namur · since 1990
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Abbreviation of INNOVATIVE ADVANCED MATERIALS INITIATIVE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 2014
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of The International Association of Miniature Park · Brussel · since 2010
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Anderlecht · since 2026
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Saint-Genis-Laval · since 2025
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Liège · since 2021
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Maldegem · since 1968
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Ans · since 2018
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2020