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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.

“KIMSA”

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.

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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.

  • KIMSA same name
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2003
  • KIMSA same name
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
  • KIMSO very similar
    Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Dilbeek · since 2002
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • KIM'S similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Meise · since 1992
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1997
  • Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2025
  • Kims Kassa similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2024
  • KIMSHI similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2014
  • Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2020
  • KIM similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1982
  • KIM similar
    Abbreviation of KLEINE INITIATIEVEN IN DE MEDIA · Other social work without accommodation · Grimbergen · since 1982
  • K.I.M. similar
    Abbreviation of KAPELSE IMMOBILIEN MAATSCHAPPIJ · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brasschaat · since 1985
  • KIM similar
    Name of an establishment of DS+ · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aalst · since 1986
  • K.I.M. similar
    Abbreviation of Komitee Integratie Migranten · Sint-Niklaas · since 1990
  • KIM similar
    Name of an establishment of KIM DUCHATEAU · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Tienen · since 2001
  • Other specialised design activities · since 2013
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2013
  • Other tax advisory services · since 2013
  • Computer programming · since 1985
  • KIM similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1992
  • K.I.M. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Balen · since 2022
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
  • Kim similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Wichelen · since 2023
  • Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2009
  • KIM similar
    Name of an establishment of SCOUTI · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
  • KIM similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
  • KIM similar
    Floor and wall tiling · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
  • KIM'S KOI similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Boortmeerbeek · since 2001
  • Retail sale of games and toys · since 1985
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • IMSA similar
    Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1996
  • IMSA similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Schoten · since 1997
  • Kim's similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of VB CLEANING SERVICE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Moorslede · since 2021
  • K.I.M. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of KEERBERGSE IMMOBILIEN MAATSCHAPPIJ · Keerbergen · since 1993

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