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.
“IDEEFOX”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Travel agency activities · Ichtegem · since 2000
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Other printing · Beernem · since 1993
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Other personal services · Diksmuide · since 1996
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1998
Names that resemble it 25 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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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · 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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Other education · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gent · since 1994
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Support activities for animal production · since 2003
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Support activities for animal production · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1997
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT D'EVALUATION ET ETUDES SPECIALISEES · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1998
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Abbreviation of IDÉE REAL ESTATE · Activities of interior architects · Liège · since 2000
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1979
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Insurance agents and brokers · Charleroi · since 2016
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Leopoldsburg · since 1975
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Abbreviation of INVENTION DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC & ENGINEERING · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Initiatives pour le Développement d'Entreprises associant la Rentabilité économique et sociale · Schaarbeek · since 1986