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.
“IFE”
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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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIER FINANCE EUROPE · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 1983
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Groothandel in kunstmeststoffen en andere agrochemische producten · Meix-devant-Virton · since 2007
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Abbreviation of D.C.K. België · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Islamitische Faculteit van Europa-GENT · Gent · since 2005
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services · Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Institut de formation de l'Enseignement catholique · Vocational training · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Other building finishing work · Nivelles · since 2002
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Abbreviation of INTERPROFESSION FRUITS ET LEGUMES DE WALLONIE · Activities of professional membership organisations · Gembloux · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Itterfest · Bree · since 2018
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Herverzekering · Mol · since 2019
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Hasselt · since 2005
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL FOLLOW-UP & CONSTRUCTION · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Herentals · since 2006
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Abbreviation of INSTITUUT VOOR FILOSOFISCHE EN SOCIAAL - WETENSCHAPPELIJKE EDUCATIE · Book publishing · Mechelen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Inter - Forum (Maison de la Communication et de la Relation) · Brussel · since 1978
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SPINA BIFIDA AND HYDROCEPHALUS · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Ingenieursfonds · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of INTERFUTURE · Joinery installation · Dessel · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Incense and Fragrance · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Abbreviation of INTIATIVE FOOTBALL · Engis · since 2023
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE FADEL · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Binche · since 2011
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Abbreviation of INSTITUTIONAL FLIRTS · Pelt · since 2004
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Abbreviation of INTERFACE FORMATION · Namur · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Impact Factory vzw · Other membership organisations · Mechelen · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Comines-Warneton · since 2022