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.
“Initio Flanders”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2019
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Groothandel in fietsen · Herzele · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2024
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASHG Ghent · Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of iQrypto · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mons · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Integrated Services for Information Systems Flanders · Computer programming · Berlare · since 1998
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Abbreviation of International Police & Fire Team - Flanders · Sint-Truiden · since 2000
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Merksplas · since 2025