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.
“IVIC”
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.
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 2007
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other legal services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Volontaires Internationaux - Internationale Vrijwilligers · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Intergemeentelijke vereniging voor duurzaam milieubeleid in Izegem en Ommeland · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Izegem · since 1973
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2020
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Handel in elektriciteit · Harelbeke · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Grobbendonk · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herentals · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Oostende · since 2001
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Name of Poorten Frimout · Joinery installation · Staden · since 2014
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Physiotherapy · Brugge · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lokeren · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Schoten · since 1996
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Landen · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Stabroek · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Elsene · since 2004
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Name of an establishment · Other information service activities · Olen · since 2024
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Kortrijk · since 1969