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.
“IMPIRE”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vertoning van films · Charleroi · since 1987
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Other business support services · Gent · since 1995
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1998
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1993
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Abbreviation of NYS-VANDEBROEK EMPIRE · Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of VIZZINI JEAN-CARLO ET MESSA ADRIANA ADF · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2012
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Oudenburg · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2026
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Other financial services · since 2017
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Rebecq · since 2005