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.
“IDE BART”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of dairy cattle · Beernem · since 2012
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2012
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Walcourt · since 2023
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · since 2005
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1985
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of IMMO-DEFOIN · Namur · since 1979
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELLE DE L'ELECTRICITE · General electrical installation work · Morlanwelz · since 1980
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Institut des Démocrates Européens · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Brussel · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Institut de droit européen des barreaux · Brussel · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1996
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Gent · since 2000
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Other printing · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 1994
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Gent · since 1991