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.
“IPAM”
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.
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 1998
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Industries des Peintures associées I P A · Valdoie · since 1975
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL AGENCY · Elsene · since 1984
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Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL PIGEON AUCTIONS · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tielt · since 1991
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERS - PRETS - ASSURANCES · Real estate agency activities · Hamoir · since 1991
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Abbreviation of INTER-PANEL AGENCY · Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Initiation et Perfectionnement Automobiles · Nivelles · since 1994
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Abbreviation of INDEPENDENT PORT AGENCIES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of INITIATIVES PANIERS MENAGERES DE CIBOMBO · Huy · since 2011
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Abbreviation of IMMO PALEISSTRAAT ANTWERPEN · Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of INFORMATIQUE PROGRAMMATION ANALYSE CONCEPTION · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1988
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Other construction installation · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Gerpinnes · since 1991
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Abbreviation of INSTITUTPROFESSIONNEL D'ARTISTES LYRIQUES - IPAL · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chaudfontaine · since 2016
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 1990
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Kapellen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of AMICALE DE L'INSTITUT PROVINCIAL DES ARTS ET METIERS · Nivelles · since 1963
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Anderlecht · since 1991