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.
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of InMac Int. · Groothandel in pompen en compressoren · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Groothandel in pompen en compressoren · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT SERVICES · 's-Gravenhage · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Gesves · since 1991
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Event catering · Mechelen · since 2020
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · roissy en france · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Interdisciplinary Experimental Art Center · Brussel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of International Center for Molested and Abducted/Adopted Children · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Berlaar · since 2010
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hulshout · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Zoersel · since 2024
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Mons · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2015
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Wevelgem · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Zele · since 2007
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of INTER NOVAGO MANAGEMENT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Esneux · since 1990
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Vorst · since 1982
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Malle · since 1990
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Les Bons Villers · since 2011
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 2024