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.
“IMPO”
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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Roeselare · since 2013
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Brussel · since 1988
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · SLOVENSKA BISTRICA · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wetteren · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Institut médico-pédagogique Notre-Dame de la Sagesse · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Estaimpuis · since 1971
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL MARKETING PROJECT · Beveren · since 1987
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Combined facilities support activities · Brasschaat · since 1993
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1998
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL MICRO PLUS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Silly · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Industrial Maintenance Piping · Machining of metals · Arlon · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ICÖNES MEDIA PRODUCTION · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Wavre · since 2005
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Boussu · since 1992
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Zug 6300 · since 1992
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Logistics services · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Waregem · since 1998
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1987
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Geel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of IMPOSTO ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Izegem · since 2011
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Mechelen · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Oudenaarde · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1958
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Blankenberge · since 1973
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Dorsten · since 1976
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISING, PROMOTION AND SERVICES · Book publishing · Rixensart · since 1984
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Binche · since 1989
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Activities of head offices · Brecht · since 1992
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIELE MONTAGE VAN PREFAB EN CELLENBETON · Other specialised construction activities · Temse · since 1994
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Abbreviation of International Maritime Port Services · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of CREOS · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of INDEPENDENT MUSIC PUBLISHERS INTERNATIONAL FORUM · Brussel · since 2014
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1988
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Painting of buildings · Oostrozebeke · since 2021
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Verviers · since 1980
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Brussel · since 1987
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Lontzen · since 1991
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Other specialised construction activities · Hasselt · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1987
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Merchtem · since 2017
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Anderlecht · since 1970