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.
“IDAH”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1990
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of JOST R. · Insulation installation · Büllingen · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ICE DIAMONDS ANTWERP · Activities of other sports clubs · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2018
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since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 2021
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Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2022
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Saint-Hubert · since 2005
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of IMMO D'ATH · Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of INFORMATIE OVER DRUGS EN ALCOHOL/INFORMATION SUR LES DROGUES ET L'ALCOOL · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Charleroi · since 2025
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Retail sale of household furniture · Ukkel · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1986
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Abbreviation of international development and trading company · Office administrative and support services · Ukkel · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1997
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Other software publishing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2000
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL DIVING & ADVENTURE COMPANY · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Chaudfontaine · since 2001
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2012
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Salaise sur Sanne · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Trooz · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zedelgem · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortenaken · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2007
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Abbreviation of IDAY-International · Other membership organisations · Lasne · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of International Development Activities and Trading · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1958
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Brussel · since 1990
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Wetteren · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Société Industrielle agricole du Hainaut · Ath · since 1961