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.
“IESU”
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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Specialist medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waterloo · since 1986
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL EXPORT AND SERVICES · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Gembloux · since 1993
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Abbreviation of INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Gavere · since 2012
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Other membership organisations · Liège · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Institute for Environmental Security · Den Haag · since 2009
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Other construction installation · Kluisbergen · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mettet · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Institut d'Enseignement spécialisé du Borinage · Vrij gesubsidieerd buitengewoon secundair onderwijs · Mons · since 1971
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Swancey Kent · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of Haute Ecole Bruxelles Brabant · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Initiative pour l'Education, la Santé et le Développement · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Institut Européen des Savoirs et des sciences · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EUROPESE INSTITUUT VOOR ISLAMITISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN · Liège · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Industrial Electrical Services · since 2018