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.
“ILIAD”
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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Full-service restaurants · Kraainem · since 2022
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since 2013
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Schilde · since 2013
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Other education · since 2016
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Vorst · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Lommel · since 2007
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Asse · since 1988
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAAL LIBERTAIRE INTERAKTIE · Gent · since 1998
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2020
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Iliako Consulting · Other education · Zoersel · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van edelsmeedwerk · since 2024
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Abbreviation of INTERIOR AND ARTISTIC DESIGN · Hasselt · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Impact Licensing Initiative · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Trooz · since 2011
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Waregem · since 2025
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Pepinster · since 2001
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Insulation installation · since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Alken · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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since 2021
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Site preparation · since 2016
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Abbreviation of International Association for Development · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1987
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since 2019