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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“IDEPA”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Idepa same name
    Antwerpen · since 1977
  • IDEPA same name
    Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • IDEP similar
    Marbella · since 1996
  • IDEP similar
    Plumbing work · Tournai · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1971
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2023
  • IDE similar
    Abbreviation of IMMO-DEFOIN · Namur · since 1979
  • IDE similar
    Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELLE DE L'ELECTRICITE · General electrical installation work · Morlanwelz · since 1980
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2016
  • IDE similar
    Abbreviation of Institut des Démocrates Européens · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Brussel · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2026
  • IDEPLUS similar
    Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1992
  • IDEPLAN similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gistel · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1994
  • DEPA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 1989
  • DEPA similar
    Haaltert · since 1992
  • D.E.P.A. similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Seraing · since 1998
  • DEPA similar
    Event catering · Deinze · since 2015
  • DEPA similar
    Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2020
  • DEPA similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 2008

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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