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.
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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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Abbreviation of Instituut voor Preventie en Risicobeheer · Schoten · since 1993
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Lasne · since 1994
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Abbreviation of IGREJA PRESBITERIANA RENOVADA · Activities of religious organisations · Brussel · since 2008
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since 2016
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATICS ASSOCIATION · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor psychotherapeutische relatie en reflectie · Mechelen · since 1994
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of International Public Relations Network · Elsene · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Inzicht Praktijk Ritme Tech · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Asse · since 1989
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1994
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Other education · Gent · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Idema Production · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Industrial Product · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1969
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Freight transport by road · Ukkel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of INTER POLES · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Philippeville · since 1992
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Abbreviation of INSTANT PRESENT · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Infinite Power · Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Oudsbergen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of In Partibus · Arlon · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Imkers van het Pajottenland · Roosdaal · since 2020
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Tremelo · since 2010
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Abbreviation of IP Belgium · Other information technology and computer services · Wavre · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Interfacing People · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Seraing · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Innovation Path BE · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Charleroi · since 2025