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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“IrBo”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • IrBo same name
    General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2013
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • IRB ASBL similar
    Abbreviation of I RAP BELGIUM · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Tournai · since 2017
  • I.R.B.B similar
    Freight transport by road · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
  • IRBS similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Wevelgem · since 2005
  • IR BOGIEL similar
    Other building finishing work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2008
  • Virbo similar
    Abbreviation of Vereniging van directies basisscholen van het gemeenschapsonderwijs · Peer · since 1989
  • GIRBO similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lille · since 1994
  • BIRBO similar
    Retail sale of footwear · Genk · since 2008
  • IRBouwers similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2025
  • MEIRBO similar
    Site preparation · Roosdaal · since 2012

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