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.
“IREAS”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Kruisem · since 2002
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Abbreviation of INFORMATICS RENT AND SALES · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE, D'EDUCATION ET D'ACTION SOCIALE - SIREAS · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1991
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Verviers · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 1972
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Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Information Developments for Educational Applications and Systems · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 1999
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Balen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of INDEPENDENT RISK INSURANCE ADVISORY SERVICES · Insurance agents and brokers · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2013
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL & DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY AUTOMATION SAFETY · Other business support services · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1992
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Computer programming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · since 1985
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2023
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Ukkel · since 2001
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Institut de Recherche en Electronique appliquée · Anderlecht · since 1971
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2014
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Abbreviation of NATIONAAL INSTITUUT VOOR RADIO-ELEMENTEN · Bewerking van splijt- en kweekstoffen · Fleurus · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Insane Racing Events · Other amusement and recreation activities · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of KORAMIC INVESTMENTS · Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 1883
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011