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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.

“ION-IP bv”

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

16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ION-IP bv same name
    VEENENDAAL · since 2004
  • IONIC very similar
    Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2001
  • IONIX very similar
    Computer programming · Leuven · since 2002
  • Site preparation · since 2014
  • Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2015
  • "IonIT" very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beloeil · since 2019
  • IONIO very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diepenbeek · since 2020
  • IONIA very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mortsel · since 2003
  • Ionix (sole trader) very similar
    Other software publishing · since 2025
  • Ionis (sole trader) very similar
    Computer programming · since 2026
  • ION (sole trader) very similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2015
  • Ion very similar
    Piraeus · since 2016
  • ION very similar
    LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
  • ION very similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Waregem · since 2011
  • ION very similar
    Antwerpen · since 2003
  • Ion very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Ion Technics · since 2012
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • IONICS similar
    Coating of metals · Herstal · since 2014
  • IONITY similar
    Name of an establishment of IONITY GmbH · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · München · since 2016
  • Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
  • Painting of buildings · since 2026
  • Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2017
  • since 2022

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