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.
“IKR”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wingene · since 2017
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Dendermonde · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Charleroi · since 1987
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Youth work associations · Maasmechelen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Intensieve Kring Regio Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of IKRA ET CIE · Freight transport by road · Charleroi · since 2018
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Abbreviation of INTEGRATIE DOOR KENNIS, REKREATIE EN ARBEID · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of ADAM · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Brussel · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ONS MARKT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Iedereen Korfbalt · Kapellen · since 2019
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2021
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2017
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Abbreviation of INTERPREVENTIE KEMPEN · Geel · since 1968