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.
“IONIO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Site preparation · since 2014
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2001
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beloeil · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mortsel · since 2003
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VEENENDAAL · since 2004
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Other software publishing · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Wanze · since 1970
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Sint-Truiden · since 1998
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Performing arts by independent artists · Wijnegem · since 1994
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Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of iO Belgium · Computer programming · Herentals · since 2003
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Abbreviation of IntOps · Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Sociale en Culturele beweging Imam omer · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Genk · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)
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Insulation installation · since 2019
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Coating of metals · Herstal · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of IONITY GmbH · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · München · since 2016
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Piraeus · since 2016
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
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Development of non-residential building projects · Waregem · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 2003
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sankt Vith · since 2021
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since 2022
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Abbreviation of Ion Technics · since 2012
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2022