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.
“INDY”
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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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Aalst · since 2003
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tervuren · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Institut Notre-Dame · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Mons · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · Genappe · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Other membership organisations · Zoutleeuw · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Zonhoven · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Notre - Dame de Jupille · Liège · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Institut Notre-Dame de Loverval · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Gerpinnes · since 1956
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Abbreviation of Institut Notre-Dame du rosaire - BRESSOUX · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Liège · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Informatie en Documentatiecentrum · Opwijk · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Institut national pour le Développement de l'Informatique · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2016
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Zoutleeuw · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sprimont · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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since 2003
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Activiteiten van callcenters · Brussel · since 2004
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Zulte · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Other information service activities · Grobbendonk · since 1996
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Etterbeek · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 1999
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Hasselt · since 2007