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.
“IVA3”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mons · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2002
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Abbreviation of International VAT Association · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Balen · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Investeringsdienst voor de Vlaamse Autonome Hogescholen · Brussel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Izegemse Vrijetijds Atletiek Club · Izegem · since 1987
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Abbreviation of VLEESWARENFABRIEK IVAN · Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Harelbeke · since 1992
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Real estate agency activities · Harelbeke · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2022
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since 1969
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Abbreviation of International Virtual Aviation Organisation · Advertising agencies · Pajottegem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of DIVA MODE · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Interimkantoor voor Arbeidskrachten · Vosselaar · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Immobiliën Verschueren André · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019