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.
“Imatho”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Eeklo · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Eeklo · since 2012
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Office administrative and support services · Middelkerke · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waasmunster · since 1993
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Activities of head offices · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION IMAHO · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Arlon · since 2013
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1994
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Activities of head offices · since 2000
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Web portal activities · since 2014
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Freight transport by road · Ninove · since 2026
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Instituut voor Management Training · Turnhout · since 1974
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Aarschot · since 1991
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Plumbing work · Beernem · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Opwijk · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van synthetische en kunstmatige vezels · Schoten · since 1973
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Ukkel · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2020
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Retail sale of antiques · Leuven · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Tervuren · since 2024
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
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Villers-la-Ville · since 1967
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Joinery installation · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2010