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.
“Imiaf”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Linkebeek · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2003
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of International Music Import · Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Abbreviation of INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE · Investigation and private security services · Genk · since 1986
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Abbreviation of THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1998
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Abbreviation of L' International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of International Athletic Foundation - High5 Basketball Academy · Activities of other sports clubs · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of INOX-METAAL-INTERIEUR · Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Halen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of INLAND MARINE INTERNATIONAL · Logistics services · Zoersel · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of INNOVATIEVE MEDIA INITIATIEVEN · Kortrijk · since 2003
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Site preparation · Ukkel · since 2025