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.
“IMELIA”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2020
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Name of E Laser · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kuurne · since 2022
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since 2023
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Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Bonheiden · since 1969
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Genappe · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 1989
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Web portal activities · since 2015
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Translation services · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ELBAN · Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2022
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Translation services · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2010
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Ukkel · since 1989
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Charleroi · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lessines · since 2019
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Cultural education · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Ravels · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Charleroi · since 1991
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since 2024
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Abbreviation of european language industry association · Other education · Elsene · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2009