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.
“INL”
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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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
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Other software publishing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Retie · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Brussel · since 1981
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Wavre · since 1991
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lochristi · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1974
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Abbreviation of IMPORTATION NOUVELLE · Retail sale of games and toys · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Integra · Leuven · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2018
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Abbreviation of INFI-NYTI Scomm · Plombières · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2009
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Abbreviation of IMMO-NAMUR · Seneffe · since 2004
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Activities of interior architects · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Imagi.Nation · Activities of head offices · Zoersel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of International Network of Language Services · Evere · since 1988