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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“IPELA”

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.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • IPELA same name
    Nursing and midwifery · Beyne-Heusay · since 2021
  • IPEVA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2011
  • IPECA very similar
    Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Koekelberg · since 2007
  • IDELA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1995
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • IPE similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Walcourt · since 2021
  • IPE similar
    Abbreviation of Investor Protection Europe · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2009
  • IPE similar
    Name of an establishment of I Partner Entreprise · Other information technology and computer services · Thimister-Clermont · since 2024
  • IPE similar
    Abbreviation of Inter Plafond Europe · General construction of residential buildings · Arlon · since 2025
  • PELA similar
    Other business support services · Rotselaar · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2024

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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