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.
“INPROCO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of INVESTMENT AND PORTOFOLIO COMPANY · Liedekerke · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2018
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Other education · Wavre · since 2015
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 2007
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Putte · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Schelle · since 2017
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Computer programming · Genappe · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Bonheiden · since 2014
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Elsene · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 1990
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Vosselaar · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of IT'S NOT ONLY COMMUNICATION · Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2008
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Schoten · since 2007