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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ICF”

An active company already has this name

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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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ICF same name
    Abbreviation of International Club Of Flanders · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 1969
  • I.C.F. same name
    Abbreviation of Inter Care Fund · Elsene · since 1990
  • I.C.F. same name
    Abbreviation of IMMO CREDITFINANCE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Zaventem · since 1991
  • ICF same name
    Abbreviation of Institut Couple-Famille · Les Bons Villers · since 2016
  • ICF same name
    Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
  • ICF same name
    Abbreviation of Inclusive Competition Forum · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
  • ICF same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2009
  • ICF same name
    Abbreviation of INSTALLATIONS CHIODO FRANCOIS · Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Flémalle · since 2012
  • I.C.F. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of International Commerce and Finance · Brussel · since 1969
  • ICF B very similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION BELGIUM · Activities of professional membership organisations · Evere · since 2002
  • ICF NEXT very similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 1986
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ICFCL similar
    Abbreviation of Centre international pour le droit collaboratif · Liège · since 2017
  • ICFAN similar
    Other building finishing work · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
  • ICFMH similar
    Abbreviation of International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene · Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 2018
  • I.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Vermeer Industrial Contracting · Hoofddorp · since 1980
  • IC similar
    Koekelberg · since 1985
  • I.C. similar
    Name of an establishment of Antonius · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Lubbeek · since 1988
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of Internationaal Comité · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1989
  • I.C. similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brecht · since 1994
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of INTERSERVE COMMUNICATIONS · Other information technology and computer services · Harelbeke · since 1999
  • I.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Interactive Commerce · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2014
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of IC EXPATS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of INFINITE CHANGE · Advertising agencies · Oostende · since 2020
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of IMMERSIVE CUISINE · Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2020
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of Interculturalis · Diepenbeek · since 2009
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of Inside Creations · Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 2011
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of INNOV8 CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2024
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of Ivoire Clair · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2025
  • IC similar
    Abbreviation of INFO + CULTURE · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Courcelles · since 2025
  • I.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of IMMO CHABEAU · Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 1986
  • I.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Intervention Culturelle · Elsene · since 1997

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