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.
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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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL LASHING SYSTEMS · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONALE REDDINGS FEDERATIE -INTERNATIONAL LIFE SAVING FEDERATION · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Leuven · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of INVEST-LOCATION SERVICES · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Innovation Lab Schools · Hasselt · since 2015
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Abbreviation of IMPROVING LIFE AND SKILLS · Vocational training · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kaprijke · since 2009
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Abbreviation of IMBRECHT LOGISTIQUE SENEFFE · Warehousing and storage · Oostkamp · since 2003
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Abbreviation of PETERS-LEQUET PATRIMOINE · Chaudfontaine · since 2007
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Abbreviation of International Life Saving Federation · Leuven · since 1995
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Lille · since 2018
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2018
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2005
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Den Haag · since 2024
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Finishing of textiles · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oud-Heverlee · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2001
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Maaseik · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Damme · since 2018
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2019
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2024
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Abbreviation of IEDEREEN LEEST · Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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Lubbeek · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2014