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Name check

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.

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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.

  • ID4Change same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 2018
  • IDXchange very similar
    Ukkel · since 2015
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • iChange similar
    Antwerpen · since 2014
  • IEC4Change similar
    Oud-Heverlee · since 2011
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2012
  • CL4Change similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
  • CHANGE similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2000
  • CHANGE similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2001
  • CHANGE similar
    Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
  • CHANGE similar
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2015
  • Change similar
    Abbreviation of Change-Credal Social Innovation Fund · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
  • CHANGE similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Incourt · since 2008
  • Change similar
    Name of an establishment of CHANGE THE WORD · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Herent · since 2010
  • Change! similar
    Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • CHANGE similar
    Abbreviation of CHANGE 3600 · Genk · since 2026
  • ACT 4 CHANGE similar
    Gent · since 2011

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