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.
“IDAME”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of International Dawn Anti-Malariza Alliance · Brussel · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Institut pour le Développement del'Aide en Milieu ouvert · Sambreville · since 1996
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Haaltert · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2016
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Mons · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2022