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.
“IPANEMA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Westerlo · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of THE MOOSE EXPERIENCE · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 2015
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Maldegem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2025
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Herentals · since 2006
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Plastering work · since 2015
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION NATIONALE DES EXPLOITANTS DE MANEGE · Brussel · since 1986
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Arendonk · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ANÉMA · Specialist medical practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2010
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1993
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of NEMA Invest · Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2011