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.
“IGM”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Anderlecht · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor Geschiedenis en Maatschappij · Gent · since 1989
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 1997
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Abbreviation of IGM Rénovation · General construction of residential buildings · Wanze · since 2015
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE DU CHEMIN DU GRAND MAITRE · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Esneux · since 2009
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC MACHINERY · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Halle · since 2004
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Real estate agency activities · since 2007
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Abbreviation of I.G.M. ou Immobilière, Gérance, Maintenance · Brussel · since 1978
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE-GESTION-MARKETING-INFORMATIQUE · Other financial services · Saint-Ghislain · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jette · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · Buggenhout · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Balen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIENGESELSCHAFT MBH · Wien 1090 · since 1992
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Bree · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Abbreviation of IMMO GODART · Courcelles · since 1988
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Abbreviation of INFORMATIQUE ET GESTION · Other information technology and computer services · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1990
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Translation services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of INTER-GENERATIONS · Liège · since 2015
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Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · Estinnes · since 2016