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.
“IRMAR”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Middelkerke · since 2022
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since 1998
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Real estate agency activities · Beerse · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Geraardsbergen · since 2011
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Leopoldsburg · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 1980
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT SERVICES · 's-Gravenhage · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Sankt Vith · since 1991
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Gesves · since 1991
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Abbreviation of International Federation Model Automobile Racing · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ILIMAR · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Alken · since 2014
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Event catering · Mechelen · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Bree · since 2025
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Ninove · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2023
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Other education · since 2024
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut van Belgie · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ukkel · since 1987
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MST CONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026