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.
“INV”
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.
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Development of residential building projects · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2005
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Abbreviation of In naam Van · Lokeren · since 1992
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2021
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1990
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lubbeek · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oupeye · since 2010
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Abbreviation of INVI-LEASE · Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · Brussel · since 2004
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Retail sale of footwear · Arlon · since 2025
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Brugge · since 1964
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Abbreviation of International Research Instituut N.V. · Genk · since 1970
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Heusden-Zolder · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Kluisbergen · since 1981
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Waasmunster · since 1985
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Other business support services · Wevelgem · since 1988
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Land surveying · Kortrijk · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Hooglede · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Roeselare · since 2019
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Other business support services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2021
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Mechelen · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudergem · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · Balen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of A23 · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brussel · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2025
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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 Invordering · Other business support services · since 2021
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Rumelange · since 2017