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.
“IDDEE”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ID - DEVELOPMENT · Computer programming · Genk · since 2001
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1998
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Abbreviation of International Digital Defense Equipment Agency · Computer programming · Andenne · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ranst · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Prima-Lux · Retail sale of household furniture · Herentals · since 1969
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Abbreviation of IDEE + B ENGINEERING · Beersel · since 1984
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Kortenberg · since 1986
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Kampenhout · since 1987
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Koksijde · since 1988
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Association internationale de Développement par l'Entreprise - Europe · Brussel · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Inzet en Democratie · Brasschaat · since 1995
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Kasterlee · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2016
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Menen · since 2020
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Elsene · since 2014
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Ukkel · since 1997
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Abbreviation of IMMO DE DIER · Aalst · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of IMMO DEVELOPMENT DAVID · Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ILLUMINATION DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2018
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Leopoldsburg · since 1975
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Abbreviation of INVENTION DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC & ENGINEERING · since 2020