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.
“INPRA”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1976
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Vosselaar · since 2021
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Zagreb · since 1968
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE REEMPLOI - INTERNATIONAL REEMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 1986
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Boortmeerbeek · since 1989
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Manufacture of jewellery · Lint · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Kortrijk · since 1998
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ATHENES · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ternat · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT EUROPEEN DE FORMATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES EN RELATION D’AIDE · Vocational training · Elsene · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2012
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Other business support services · Dendermonde · since 2020
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Computer programming · Haacht · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Schoten · since 2007
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Charleroi · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Ferrières · since 2003
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Ardooie · since 2018
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Putte · since 2011
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Abbreviation of International New Products · MILAN · since 1982
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Other business support services · Charleroi · since 2003
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Abbreviation of INGABIRE Nurse Pro · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nijlen · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Laakdal · since 1992
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Amsterdam · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Schelle · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Computer programming · Genappe · since 2005