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.
“INEC”
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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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Herentals · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Section belge de l'Institut européen d'Ecologie et de Cancérologie /I.N.E.C. International/ · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1965
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1998
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Abbreviation of SELECT CITY BUILDING · Buying and selling of own real estate · Zedelgem · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Herent · since 2018
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Ravels · since 2022
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MADRID · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL NETWORK ENGINEERING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Engis · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Lubbeek · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2024
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Meise · since 1982
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT EURO-AFRICAIN DE DROIT ECONOMIQUE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Bilzen · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1973
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Financiële lease · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1974
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Computer programming · Andenne · since 1994
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Horebeke · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Vosselaar · since 2018
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Roeselare · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Inclusive Europe · Other membership organisations · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2011
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Other business support services · Waasmunster · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Inclusion Egalité Solidarité asbl · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Roofing work · Zelzate · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Saint-Ghislain · since 2026
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Other education · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · porto · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Physiotherapy · De Haan · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Wielsbeke · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Institut für Erwachsenenbildung im deutschen Sprachgebiet · Sankt Vith · since 1976
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2009