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.
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Schaarbeek · since 2013
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2001
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY · Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Aartselaar · since 1990
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Production of cinema films · since 1989
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Amsterdam · since 1995
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Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2014
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Veterinary services · Orp-Jauche · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Institut national pour le Développement de l'Informatique · since 1981
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Zoutleeuw · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ukkel · since 2015
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Waterloo · since 1983
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Tienen · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Hooglede · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Schelle · since 2003
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brasschaat · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Avelgem · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2006
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Abbreviation of International Distribution Online · Brussel · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2015
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Hasselt · since 2007