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.
“IPM Group”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Etterbeek · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Activiteiten van callcenters · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2015
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Vilvoorde · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Rebecq · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Ukkel · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of International Protective Equipment Group · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Aalter · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Oudenaarde · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1991
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · La Bruyère · since 2014
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Zaventem · since 2018
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Liège · since 2022
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Teelt van specerijgewassen en van aromatische en medicinale gewassen · since 2016
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Name of Th-Infra & Recycling · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Waterloo · since 2013
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Hosingen · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Herve · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of International Handling Group · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Huldenberg · since 2021
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Growing of flowers · Gent · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Eeklo · since 2020
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Construction of roads and motorways · Temse · since 2024
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL SEAHAWK GROUP · Rebecq · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Eupen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ABERI MOSKA GROUP · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ans · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2023