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.
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.
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Machining of metals · Flémalle · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Torhout · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 2011
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEE ON RESUSCITATION · Niel · since 2007
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Wavre · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL CLEANING COMPANY · Coating of metals · Gent · since 1978
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CONSULTANTS · since 1980
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Abbreviation of INNOVATIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY · General construction of residential buildings · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1981
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLERS COMPANY · Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of INVESTMENT CONSULTING CY · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Ukkel · since 1997
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hooglede · since 1998
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL CARBIDE CAPPUYNS · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Tremelo · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ICC GHENT · Event catering · Gent · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Intelligent Coaching & Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Abbreviation of International Commissioning Consultants · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of IMPACT CENTRE CHRETIEN BELGIQUE · Activities of religious organisations · Vorst · since 2011
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Intelligence collective & créativité · Vocational training · Courcelles · since 2024
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Abbreviation of IXELLES CHESS CLUB · Other sports activities · Elsene · since 2025
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Abbreviation of IVYCAM CARE · Harelbeke · since 2026
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Investigation and private security services · since 2012
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE CHIRURGIE ORTHOPEDIQUE ET REPARATRICE · Specialist medical practice · Namur · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ICE CREAM CONSULTANCY · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Industrial Contractors Company · Grobbendonk · since 1975