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.
“IBA”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Internationale Bijschoolse Activiteiten · since 1982
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Other retail sale of new goods · Aalst · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Ion Beam Applications · Vervaardiging van bestralingsapparatuur en van elektromedische en elektrotherapeutische apparatuur · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1986
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Abbreviation of I.B.A. Integraal bedrijfsadvies · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Westerlo · since 1989
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACCOMODATIONS LIMITED · Tortola · since 1994
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Abbreviation of International Boerboel Association · Brussel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BROKER AGENCY · Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Mettet · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Indonésie Belge Association · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Instituut van de Belastingadviseurs en de Accountants · Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Inclusive Business Association · Elsene · since 2021
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Lier · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2025
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Name of iba AG · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Fuerth · since 2001
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION · Châtelet · since 1993
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Westerlo · since 1991
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Abbreviation of IBA WORLDWIDE TRADING COMPANY · Retail sale of footwear · Kortenberg · since 2009
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAAL BEDRIJFS- EN BELEGGINGSADVIEZEN · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Office administrative and support services · La Louvière · since 1988
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Abbreviation of IERLAND BELGIUM BUSINESS ASSOCIATION · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Quévy · since 2019
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Abbreviation of INTEGRATIE BAS'ARRIERE EXOTIC · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Theux · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Seraing · since 2008
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Plumbing work · Poperinge · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Hooglede · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Institut Belge d'Aide Médicale Urgente · since 2016
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Bornem · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Zottegem · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Villers-la-Ville · since 2011
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Tubize · since 2006
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Abbreviation of International Belgian Association for Music and Art · Compositie van muziek · Oostende · since 2024
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Abbreviation of INFI BENARD · Nursing and midwifery · Liège · since 2013
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Floor and wall tiling · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ASBL IVOIRO-BELGE · Hairdressing and barber services · Liège · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oostende · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Indica's Beauty · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Mechelen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Internaat Brussel · Overige accommodatie · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Abbreviation of INSPIRE BASKETBALL SCHOOL · Silly · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Inferno Bookings · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2006
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Liège · since 2012
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELLE BORAINE · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1968