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Is your company name still free?

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.

“IPFS”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • IPFS same name
    PETANGE · since 2004
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • I.P.F. similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Westerlo · since 1988
  • IPF similar
    Abbreviation of International PERFUME FOUNDATION · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1995
  • IPF similar
    Abbreviation of INVESTISSEMENTS ET PARTICIPATIONS FRANCE · Ukkel · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1974
  • I.P.F.H. similar
    Abbreviation of CENEO · Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 1968
  • IPFC similar
    Abbreviation of Innovative Pet Food Concepts · Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • IPFA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
  • IPF sp.z o.o similar
    Mickiewicza · since 2010
  • ABIPFS similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION BELGE POUR L'INTERVENTION ET LA PSYCHOTHERAPIE FAMILIALE SYSTEMIQUE · Koekelberg · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2014

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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