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.
“ICW”
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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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Bree · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Interuniversitair Centrum voor Wetgeving · Other education · Leuven · since 2008
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of LE DAUPHIN · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Saint-Ghislain · since 1984
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Abbreviation of International Church of the Word of Life · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vermeer Industrial Contracting · Hoofddorp · since 1980
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Koekelberg · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of Antonius · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Lubbeek · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Internationaal Comité · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1989
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brecht · since 1994
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Abbreviation of INTERSERVE COMMUNICATIONS · Other information technology and computer services · Harelbeke · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Interactive Commerce · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of IC EXPATS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of INFINITE CHANGE · Advertising agencies · Oostende · since 2020
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Abbreviation of IMMERSIVE CUISINE · Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Interculturalis · Diepenbeek · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Inside Creations · Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 2011
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Abbreviation of INNOV8 CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Ivoire Clair · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2025
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Abbreviation of INFO + CULTURE · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Courcelles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of IMMO CHABEAU · Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Intervention Culturelle · Elsene · since 1997