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.
“ILBA”
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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Wholesale of timber · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1995
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2000
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor lokale en bovenlokale activiteiten en vorming · Other membership organisations · Zelzate · since 1953
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT LIBRE D'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR DE BRUXELLES · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 1993
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Abbreviation of ILB Plus · Development of residential building projects · Kasterlee · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Initiatives laïques de Braine-le-Château · Braine-le-Château · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BeStores · Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Intercorporation Liégeoise-Section Basketball · Liège · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of CARLA · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1973
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Development of residential building projects · Haacht · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Lubbeek · since 2008
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Houthulst · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of SALVO · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2000
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Other construction installation · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Koksijde · since 2017
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Dental practice · Aarschot · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of LA PIAZZETTA REST · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022