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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.

“LINQ”

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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  • 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.

  • LINQ same name
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1990
  • LINQ same name
    Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2004
  • LINQ CAP very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 2014
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • LINQO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2026
  • LIN similar
    Name of an establishment of U.S.I. · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Schaarbeek · since 1993
  • LIN + similar
    Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Visé · since 2017
  • LinqUp similar
    Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2017
  • LIN similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Haaltert · since 2020
  • LINQED similar
    Other information service activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2010
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
  • Lint similar
    Name of an establishment of bpost · Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Brussel · since 1974
  • LINC similar
    Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Leuven · since 1981
  • LINA similar
    Name of an establishment of JIVELUX · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1989
  • LINO similar
    Other tax advisory services · Brussel · since 1990
  • LINE similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
  • LINT similar
    Vorst · since 1992
  • LINK similar
    Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 1996
  • Manufacture of jewellery · since 2010
  • Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1996
  • Other business support services · since 2015
  • LINO similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lede · since 2016
  • Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
  • LINI similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
  • LINV similar
    Abbreviation of LEYSEN INVEST · Activities of holding companies · Malle · since 2017
  • L.I.N.K. similar
    Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2018
  • LINO similar
    Charleroi · since 2019
  • LINT similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Boechout · since 2020
  • LiNK similar
    Abbreviation of LiNK Engineering Group · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • L-INT similar
    Activities of interior architects · Oudsbergen · since 2020
  • Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · since 2021
  • Other education · since 2022
  • Translation services · since 2023
  • LINA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2022
  • Ling similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2022
  • Lina similar
    Advertising agencies · Wetteren · since 2022
  • Link similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2022
  • Physiotherapy · since 2023
  • LIN'S similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2009
  • Other personal services · since 2019
  • LINA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2010
  • LINA similar
    Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Aalst · since 2011
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2012
  • L-INK similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Tervuren · since 2012
  • Activities of building architects · since 2004
  • LINK similar
    Abbreviation of Laakdals InclusieNetwerk voor Kinderen · Laakdal · since 2005
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
  • Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
  • LINR similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 2026
  • Event catering · since 2026
  • LINA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of SABILA · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
  • Link (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
  • LINE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of L'INATTITUDE · Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2005

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