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.
“IDEO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Harelbeke · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Liège · since 2020
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Charleroi · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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CLUJ-NAPOCA · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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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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Huy · since 2015
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Psychology services · since 2021
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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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Abbreviation of Société Intercommunale de l'Electricité de la Dendre et du Canton de Lens · Lessines · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Intercommunale de Distribution d'Eau de Nandrin - Tinlot et Environs · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Nandrin · since 1947
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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 Institut pour le Développement de l'Enfant et de la Famille · Other social work without accommodation · Sambreville · since 1980
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Bornem · since 1981
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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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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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 1991
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Marbella · since 1996
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · Bastogne · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Other amusement and recreation activities · Kasterlee · since 2002
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Soumagne · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Instance de dialogue - euroméditéranéens · Brussel · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 1991
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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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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2002
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Gembloux · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Institut de droit européen des barreaux · Brussel · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · since 1995
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Huldenberg · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · Hooglede · since 2019
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Plumbing work · Tournai · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Menen · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Fleurus · since 2021
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Gent · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ICEHOCKEY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION · Liedekerke · since 2009
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Abbreviation of EXOSENSO · Other photographic activities · Walcourt · since 2009
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2013
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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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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Development of non-residential building projects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2005
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Oudenaarde · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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Other printing · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Leopoldsburg · since 1975
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 1994