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.
“IBT”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Investicijski Biroji Trbovlje · Trbobvbje · since 1968
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ET TRADE · Etterbeek · since 1983
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELE EN BOUWKUNDIGE TOEPASSINGEN · Roofing work · Wetteren · since 1985
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRUST · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of INTER BELGO TRADING · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Industriële Brander Technieken · Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Gavere · since 1998
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Abbreviation of IB THUISVERPLEGING · Halen · since 2008
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Other business support services · Maasmechelen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of IDE BERT TRADING & CONSULTING · Web portal activities · Kortrijk · since 1998
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Abbreviation of INDEPENDENT BELGIUM TRIKER FAMILY · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT BELGE DE THERAPIE MANUELLE · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Seraing · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2006
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRADE AND CONSULTING · Sports and recreation education · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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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