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.
“IRONEX”
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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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2025
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brugge · since 2022
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Diest · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2025
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Risk and damage evaluation · Vorst · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1997