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.
“IDOB”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gemünden-Main · since 1995
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ICT DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 1993
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Abbreviation of In Den Olifant · Retail sale of games and toys · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Torhout · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Steenokkerzeel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of International Dressage Officials Club · Brecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Interpersonal Dynamics Optimizer · Psychology services · Aalst · since 2013
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Other business support services · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · since 2021
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Anderlecht · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ISO-SOFIA · Charleroi · since 1992
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Betim, Minas Gerais · since 2002
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Charleroi · since 2010
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2023