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.
“ICHO”
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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Abbreviation of INTERUNIVERSITAIR CENTRUM VOOR HUISARTSENOPLEIDING · Other educational support services · Leuven · since 1984
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Dilbeek · since 2000
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General cleaning of buildings · Bastogne · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Lochristi · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Baarle-Hertog · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of IMMOBILIEN- EN CONSTRUCTIEMAATSCHAPPIJ HERMANS · Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of #100 · Buying and selling of own real estate · Balen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of INTENSIVE CARE HUMANI · Lasne · since 2024
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Vorst · since 1998
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Other education · Kuurne · since 2020
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Abbreviation of DOKTERSPRAKTIJK GILISSEN - CHOI · General medical practice · Riemst · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Limburgse Intensive Care Hoofdverpleegkundigen Organisatie · Other educational support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Site preparation · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Green Home · General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Arendonk · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2018
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Other human health activities · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Westerlo · since 2021
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Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Inspiring Cycling Homes · Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2003