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.
“IBM”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Trade name of International Business Machines of Belgium · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 1936
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Dilbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Informatie en Begeleidings-Instituut Misdaadpreventie - Institut de Conseil et d'Information pour la Prévention de la Criminalité · Antwerpen · since 1994
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BIOCONTROL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of IRON BRUSSELS BEER MARATHON · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Harelbeke · since 2019
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Abbreviation of IK BEN MAAR EEN KIND · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of IB NVC · Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Gent · since 2012
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Sint-Genesius-Rode · 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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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELLE BORAINE · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1968