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.
“IDEDE”
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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Activities of lawyers · Genk · since 2022
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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
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Other building finishing work · Kapellen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Other business support services · Kaprijke · since 2018
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Manufacture of outerwear · Evere · since 1989
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Oostende · since 1991
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aartselaar · since 2018
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Abbreviation of DeDe Vichte · Anzegem · since 2007
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Bouw van rioleringen · Gent · since 2022