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.
“IHABEL”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 2012
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Abbreviation of HAECK INVESTMENT BELGIE · Activities of holding companies · Wingene · since 1972
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Retail sale of antiques · Liège · since 1970
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Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Schaarbeek · since 1969
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beauraing · since 1970
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Brussel · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Rumes · since 1994
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Hasselt · since 1998
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Lokeren · since 2009
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BELROB · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Dendermonde · since 2007
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Koksijde · since 1964
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Demolition · since 2023
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association belge des Eleveurs de Chevaux lusitaniens · Ciney · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Beleggingen en Leningen · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Architecture et Bureau d'Etudes LAURENT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Soignies · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LEYA · Activities of interior architects · Pecq · since 2007