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.
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An active company already has this name
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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.
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Abbreviation of Institut supérieur de Tourisme social · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1977
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General electrical installation work · Meise · since 2017
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Integra Spinning and Tufting · Waregem · since 1983
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Abbreviation of International Sales and Trading · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1985
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Abbreviation of LANDMETERSVENNOOTSCHAP TEUGELS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Temse · since 1987
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herentals · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Indaver Separation Technologies · Materials recovery from waste · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Industrial Storage Tanks · Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · Rotselaar · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2020
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Abbreviation of INFORMATICA SERVICES TRANSPORAP · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlues · since 2011
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Abbreviation of International Services and Trade Center · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1981
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DES TECHNIQUES DE L'EAU · Other technical testing and analysis · Liège · since 1992
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beerse · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Interprovinciale des Services techniques voyers · Namur · since 1988
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIEL-SOUDURE-TUYAUTERIE-EQUIPEMENT · General cleaning of buildings · Pecq · since 2009