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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“INPROVA”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • INPROVA same name
    Full-service restaurants · Schelle · since 2017
  • INPROVE very similar
    Computer programming · Genappe · since 2005
  • Improva very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2011
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Joinery installation · since 2007
  • Inprom similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Putte · since 2011
  • INPROVESTA similar
    Destelbergen · since 1993
  • INPROCO similar
    Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
  • INPROCOM similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1989
  • INPRA similar
    Elsene · since 1976
  • PROVA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 1988
  • INOVA similar
    Soignies · since 1992
  • PROVA similar
    Name of an establishment of PROVA - CO · Removal services · Sint-Truiden · since 1994
  • INOVA similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Zonhoven · since 2013
  • iNOVA similar
    Other information service activities · Kontich · since 2019
  • INPRD similar
    Retail sale of wines and spirits · Vosselaar · since 2021
  • PROVA similar
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Montreuil · since 2022
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
  • Interior design · since 2026
  • Inpro similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Schoten · since 2007
  • Prova similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1976

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