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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2019
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of INTERNATIONAL RECORD DISTRIBUTION · Wholesale of other household goods · Oudergem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of INFOGRAPHIE RECHERCHE et DEVELOPPEMENT · Elsene · since 1996
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Abbreviation of INOCA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of IVOZ RAMET DISTRIBUTION · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Flémalle · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Initiative, Recherches et Développement · Ukkel · since 2005
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL RAIL ROAD RIVER DISTRIBUTION SERVICES · Aalst · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Iglesia Reformada de Amberes · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of IDEES, RECHERCHES ET DEVELOPPEMENT · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalter · since 1992