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.
“ILKO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2003
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Genk · since 2006
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Event catering · Boortmeerbeek · since 2021
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Pelt · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Proefboren en boren · since 2026
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Kippenkwekerijen · Pelt · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2003
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Hasselt · since 2022
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Other business support services · Malle · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of WILKO AUTOMOBIELEN · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Visé · since 2009
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Wuustwezel · since 2001
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026