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.
“ITEMA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Vorst · since 2001
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Other information technology and computer services · De Panne · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Knokke-Heist · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Oostkamp · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Retail sale of household furniture · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1980
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Brussel · since 1983
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Other information technology and computer services · Bonheiden · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Brussel · since 1983
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Arendonk · since 1996
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of IMPIANTI TECNOLOGICI ERCOLE MARELLI · Milan · since 1980
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Courcelles · since 1984
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Lünen · since 2022
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luxembourg · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of I.T.E. INTERNATIONAL · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 1978
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Sint-Niklaas · since 1986
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Abbreviation of International Timber Engineering · Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Temse · since 1989
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Mouscron · since 1996
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Specialist medical practice · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1994
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Lanaken · since 2003
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Abbreviation of TEMA INTERNATIONAL · Quiévrain · since 2019
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Abbreviation of THE EUROPEAN MARKETING AGENCY · Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2009