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.
“NIDY”
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.
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Computer programming · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2018
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Mortsel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Namur · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Namur · since 1968
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Abbreviation of NATURAL INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Abbreviation of NATIONALE ISOLATIE DIENST · Insulation installation · Zonhoven · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Nido vzw · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of NIDO ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 1990
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Turnhout · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DE BRONNE · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Lennik · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Brecht · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · Genk · since 2020
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2006
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Activities of interior architects · Koksijde · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2025
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DONCASTER · since 2005