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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Chimay · since 2025
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Abbreviation of International Center for Molested and Abducted/Adopted Children · Oudenaarde · since 1994
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of BLOCAL · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Mouscron · since 1978
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIEEL EN COMMERCIEEL MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 1978
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Abbreviation of INGENIERIE ET CONSTRUCTION MASSET · General construction of residential buildings · Mettet · since 1986
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Abbreviation of IMMO CONSULTANT MANAGEMENT · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ICM INVESTISSEMENTS COMMMUNICATION MARKETING · Fribourg · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1993
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1993
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · BASEL · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Mechelen · since 2009
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since 1985
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Abbreviation of ICM REAL ESTATE · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Lontzen · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Cabinet Médical Gerlach Christelle · Jalhay · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Imago Club mouche · Cerfontaine · since 1997
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Machining of metals · since 1995