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.
“IDEA.MD”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Vilvoorde · since 2007
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT DE DIFFUSION ET D'ENSEIGNEMENT ARTISTIQUE MUSICAL · Ukkel · since 2015
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of "I.D.E.A. S.C" · Market research and public opinion polling · Mons · since 1956
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Bornem · since 1981
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Elsene · since 1987
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Other building finishing work · Brugge · since 1988
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Beauvechain · since 1989
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL DECOR EXPORT AGENCY · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beauvechain · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Dendermonde · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · Bastogne · since 1999
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Soumagne · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van producten van vezelcement · since 1993
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Abbreviation of IDEA Chauffage et Sanitaire · Plumbing work · Grez-Doiceau · since 2016
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Gembloux · since 2016
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Other retail sale of food · since 1995
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ICEHOCKEY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION · Liedekerke · since 2009
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1982
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Abbreviation of INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT,ENVIRONMENT,AND ARCHITECTURE · Elsene · since 2004
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Development of non-residential building projects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other printing · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Deinze · since 1968
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Abbreviation of IDEAL FREIGHT · Logistics services · Jette · since 1977
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Deinze · since 1983
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Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Information Developments for Educational Applications and Systems · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of IDEAL DEMENAGEMENTS - TRANSPORTS · Removal services · Charleroi · since 1990
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE DEOM ANDRE A LIBIN · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Libin · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1998
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL & DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY AUTOMATION SAFETY · Other business support services · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2015
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1995
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Plumbing work · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Inland freight water transport · since 1979
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Dendermonde · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2015
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Liège · since 2020
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Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2020
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since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lanaken · since 2022
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Activities of interior architects · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1992
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since 2023
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Travel agency activities · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of IDEAL GENT · Retail sale of other household articles · Gent · since 2003
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Other specialised design activities · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2007
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Activities of religious organisations · Aalst · since 2008
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zemst · since 2005
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Sark · since 1996
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Other specialised design activities · Brasschaat · since 1997
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since 2025
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Charleroi · since 1938
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2009