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.
“IDEE FACTO”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Hove · since 2009
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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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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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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Menen · since 2020
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Wholesale of machine tools · Lievegem · since 1998
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Other tax advisory services · Herentals · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tournai · since 2024
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Leopoldsburg · since 1975
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Abbreviation of INVENTION DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC & ENGINEERING · since 2020
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Wavre · since 1996
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Abbreviation of IFACTO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2004
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2016