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.
“IoT Lab Association”
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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Genève · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1962
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Fléron · since 2003
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Jodoigne · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Les Riverains de la Thylerre · Oudergem · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Les Amitiés Belgo - Nigérianes · Brussel · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Association des Moniteurs de Gymnastique sportive · Activities of other sports clubs · Liège · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Binocle Club - Club des Vétérants VW - VW Veteranen Klub · Charleroi · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Gloire à Jésus - Herstal · Herstal · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Indah · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Awans · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Genappe · since 2018
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Namur · since 2020
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Other cleaning activities · Houffalize · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of RaphaelCO · Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 2024
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association des Anciens Etudiants del'Institut supérieur économique d'Ixelles · Elsene · since 1988
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Eindhoven · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1990
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Putte · since 1997
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Gent · since 1998
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Brussel · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ukkel · since 2000
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Research Data Alliance Association · Other information service activities · Vorst · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1983
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Abbreviation of JULY 27th ASSOCIATION · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · London · since 2005
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stockholm · since 2007
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · La Louvière · since 2026
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Elsene · since 2017
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Support activities for crop production · Hamois · since 1977
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Chastre · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Mons · since 2020
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Abbreviation of European Open Science Cloud Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of LE POTAGER DIVIN · Other education · Anderlues · since 2021
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Mixed farming · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2023
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Gent · since 2023
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Aalter · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Assesse · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · De Panne · since 1989
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Investigation and private security services · Anderlues · since 2002
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Brussel · since 2022
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Other membership organisations · Bern · since 2021
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Anderlecht · since 2007
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Brussel · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Floreffe · since 2025
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Merelbeke · since 1998
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Vocational training · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Ukkel · since 2014