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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ISFI”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ISFI same name
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR INVESTMENTS · benevento · since 2002
  • ISFI same name
    Utrecht · since 2015
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • I.S.F. similar
    Abbreviation of Internationaal Star Film Festival · Brussel · since 1991
  • I S F similar
    Abbreviation of VIRIX · Development of non-residential building projects · Kontich · since 1993
  • I.S.F. similar
    Abbreviation of Informatique-Services-Formation · Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 1993
  • I.S.F. similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONALE SANS FRONTIERE · Antwerpen · since 1996
  • ISF similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF FLANDERS · Gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs, n.e.g. · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2010
  • I.S.F. similar
    Proefboren en boren · Spa · since 2011
  • I.S.F.S. similar
    Abbreviation of Institut supérieur de Formation sociale et de Communication · Schaarbeek · since 1956
  • ISFE similar
    Name of an establishment of Video Games Europe · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2002
  • ISFA similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY & FRATERNITY ASSOCIATION · Evere · since 2011
  • I.S.F.A similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2019

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