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.
“IPEX”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Tubize · since 1986
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HALLUIN · since 1997
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Etterbeek · since 1976
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Computer programming · Herstal · since 2016
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Walcourt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Investor Protection Europe · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of I Partner Entreprise · Other information technology and computer services · Thimister-Clermont · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Inter Plafond Europe · General construction of residential buildings · Arlon · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Meerhout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Industry Project and Engineering Systems · General construction of other non-residential buildings · Gent · since 1980
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Abbreviation of INFORMATION-PROMOTION-EDITION PUBLICITE · Market research and public opinion polling · Crisnée · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL PORT ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT · Baggerwerken · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of AMICALE IPES WAVRE · Wavre · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL PIPING ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION · Other business support services · Kapellen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2008
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS ENGINEERING & CONSULTANCY · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Riemst · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of RECYTEX WIPPING · Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Seraing · since 1992
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Evere · since 2023
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Dilbeek · since 1975
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Computer programming · Wetteren · since 2012
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Wemmel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of INITIATIVES POUR L'ENFANCE ET LA JEUNESSE · Chastre · since 1992
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Antwerpen · since 2007