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.
“ILIMAR”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Alken · since 2014
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2008
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Raising of dairy cattle · Hoogstraten · since 1991
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Boortmeerbeek · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2017
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Activities of notaries · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Diksmuide · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Nivelles · since 2009
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1973
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Oudenburg · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Temse · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwalm · since 1997
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2025
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Dental practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Boussu · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Oud-Turnhout · since 2020