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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.

“INVM”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • INVM same name
    Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2021
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • INV similar
    Development of residential building projects · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2005
  • INVI similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2016
  • Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1990
  • INVA similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lubbeek · since 2008
  • INVV similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oupeye · since 2010
  • INVI similar
    Abbreviation of INVI-LEASE · Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · Brussel · since 2004
  • Retail sale of footwear · since 2025
  • INVO similar
    Schaarbeek · since 2025
  • INVA similar
    Retail sale of footwear · Arlon · since 2025
  • Invest VM similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Middelkerke · since 2020
  • I.N.V. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of In naam Van · Lokeren · since 1992
  • Invo similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Invordering · Other business support services · since 2021

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