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.
“NICC”
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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Abbreviation of Nieuw Internationaal Cultureel Centrum vereniging zonder winstoogmerk · Activities of professional membership organisations · Anderlecht · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Nationaal Instituut voor Criminalistiek en Criminologie · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot justitie · Brussel · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2025
Names that resemble it 55 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 · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Abbreviation of CENTRE NATIONAL D'INFORMATION - NATIONAAL INFORMATIE CENTRUM · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1998
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Abbreviation of NICOLAÏDÈS INVEST Cy · Grimbergen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2016
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Nationaal Intermutualistisch College · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1970
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Incourt · since 1973
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Perwez · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Parfum d'histoire · Full-service restaurants · Tielt-Winge · since 1991
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Aalst · since 1995
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Brugge · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1965
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Abbreviation of NICA HOME PROJECTS · Insulation installation · Ninove · since 2013
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Messancy · since 2014
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Other cleaning activities · Ans · since 2017
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1994
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Other sports activities · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1999
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Abbreviation of NEW INSURANCE & CREDIT EXPERIENCE · Office administrative and support services · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of nICT Consultancy · Activities of head offices · Kontich · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Liège · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Abbreviation of NETWORK INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY · Other information technology and computer services · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Aalst · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · Geel · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NeysImmo & Co · Development of residential building projects · Essen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of NAMUR INVEST CAPITAL RISQUE · Other financial services · Namur · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Vervliet Projects · Activities of interior architects · Lier · since 2011
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Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other education · since 2004
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Joinery installation · since 2005
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2005
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ingelmunster · since 2007
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Abbreviation of NEW INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS · APELDOORN · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Oostkamp · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Beringen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VINILAS · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Oud-Heverlee · since 2024
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Gavere · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of nICE! Overijse · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Overijse · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1979
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Baggerwerken · Brussel · since 2016