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.
“IBTC”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of IDE BERT TRADING & CONSULTING · Web portal activities · Kortrijk · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2006
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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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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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2024