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.
“IBES GROUP”
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.
-
Painting of buildings · Hasselt · since 2021
-
General electrical installation work · Hoogstraten · since 2020
-
General cleaning of buildings · Balen · since 2020
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2024
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ranst · since 2018
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Ravels · since 2020
-
General electrical installation work · Veurne · since 2025
-
Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 1997
-
Other business support services · Wingene · since 2001
-
Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tellin · since 2001
-
Asse · since 2017
-
Floor and wall tiling · Evere · since 2017
-
Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2021
-
Freight transport by road · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2021
-
Computer programming · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2021
-
Computer programming · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2023
-
Construction of roads and motorways · Lokeren · since 2011
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Grimbergen · since 2011
-
Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2023
-
Agents and brokers in banking services · Schoten · since 2023
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2024
-
Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2024
-
Other tax advisory services · Westerlo · since 2024
-
Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Büllingen · since 2024
-
Full-service restaurants · Kampenhout · since 2024
-
Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2024
-
Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2025
-
Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2025
-
Freight transport by road · Grimbergen · since 2026
-
Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2026
-
Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2024
-
Computer programming · Lokeren · since 2020
-
Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Evere · since 1978
-
Abbreviation of IMAGE RECOGNITION INTEGRATED SYSTEMS GROUP · Activities of head offices · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1992
-
Business and other management consultancy · since 1995
-
Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2012
-
Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Brussel · since 2015
-
Abbreviation of ADVANCED FUTURE ENERGY SYSTEMS · General electrical installation work · Zottegem · since 2015
-
Valkenswaard · since 2018
-
Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2020
-
Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2020
-
Name of an establishment of AUTOMOOVE.IT · Activities of holding companies · Wellen · since 2022
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Durbuy · since 2022
-
Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · Hasselt · since 2023
-
Other business support services · Diest · since 2010
-
Plumbing work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2006
-
Cafés and bars · Gingelom · since 2007
-
Market research and public opinion polling · Brugge · since 2025
-
Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL SEAHAWK GROUP · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Rebecq · since 1989
-
General construction of residential buildings · Eupen · since 2022
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 2020