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.
“IRIS”
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
44 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of INTERHOSPITALENKOEPEL VAN DE REGIO VOOR INFRASTRUCTURELE SAMENWERKING · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1995
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Retie · since 1968
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Hoogstraten · since 1977
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Kontich · since 1979
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Brussel · since 1981
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE POUR LA SANTE · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Abbreviation of IMAGE RECOGNITION INTEGRATED SYSTEMS · Computer programming · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Interrelated Individual Systems · Investigation and private security services · Rotselaar · since 1987
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Ledegem · since 1987
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Liège · since 1988
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Kalmthout · since 1988
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Diksmuide · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Trooz · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of 't SCHRIJVERKE · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Tielt · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Iwan RAWAY Immobilière Services · Real estate agency activities · Spa · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Varna Bapha · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Pardia · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 2000
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Physiotherapy · since 1987
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of IRIS BRUSSELS · Jeugdherbergen en jeugdverblijfcentra · Brussel · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1997
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since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Zaventem · since 2014
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2020
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Comines-Warneton · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1993
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1975
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2007
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Veterinary services · Welkenraedt · since 2025
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Gent · since 1980
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Dental practice · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL REPORT INSIGHT · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Koksijde · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Initiative pour la recherche, l'innovation sociale et la démocratie · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Dental practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Mechelen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of I.R.I.S. Solutions & Experts · Other information technology and computer services · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2006
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Anzegem · since 2022
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Halen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Institut de Recherche de l'Institut supérieur industriel Bruxelles · Other research and development on natural sciences · Brussel · since 1970
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Aubagne · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Innovation et Reconversion industrielle · Other information service activities · Seraing · since 1981
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2003
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2022
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Abbreviation of INTERNET REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL · Other non-specialised retail sale · Oostende · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Psychology services · Mettet · since 2025
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL RENTING INTERNATIONAL · Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Maldegem · since 1993