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.
“IBG”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Institut belge de Gestalt - thérapie · Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Gent · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Imams van de Belgische gemeenschap · Harelbeke · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Inspired By Glass · Vervaardiging en bewerking van overig glas, inclusief technisch glaswerk · Deinze · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Dr. Ingo Beyer-Geriatrie · Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Immo en Beheer Goormans · Activities of head offices · Schoten · since 2010
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Brussel · since 1992
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Institut Belge de Gerontologie et de Preparation A la Retraite · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1967
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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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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELLE BORAINE · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1968