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.
“NIBA”
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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NIJMEGEN · since 1924
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since 2003
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2018
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nieuwpoort · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hooglede · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of N.I.B. NATIONAAL INKASSOBUREAU · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Amsterdam · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Arendonk · since 2016
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Abbreviation of NIEUWPOORTSE BOUWMAATSCHAPPIJ · Development of residential building projects · Nieuwpoort · since 1975
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Abbreviation of NIBM Kraan- en Lifttechniek bv · Geleen · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Diepenbeek · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Network of Internationals Business Schools · Leuven · since 2010
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Site preparation · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Eindhoven · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2022