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.
“IMFA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Messancy · since 1991
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Lennik · since 1995
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lommel · since 1972
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Izegem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL MARKETING FORUM · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Ukkel · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Immobiliën Management Flamez · Activities of holding companies · Ninove · since 2016
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Charleroi · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Blankenberge · since 2010
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Abbreviation of CABINET MEDICAL - IMAGERIE MEDICALE FOSSEPREZ - RADIOLOGUE · Gesves · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Anzegem · since 1987
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Abbreviation of International Minifootball Federation · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Frameries · since 2010
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since 1991
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Abbreviation of Internationale Ménière Federatie · Vilvoorde · since 1998
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Couvin · since 1968