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.
“NIMEX”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 2016
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Jette · since 2024
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Vilvoorde · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Leuven · since 2026
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Gent · since 1974
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Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Hasselt · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Intercontinentalimex · Wholesale of machine tools · Brugge · since 1981
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)
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Name of an establishment of ZIMEX · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zulte · since 1987
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Gesves · since 1949
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Abbreviation of Universal Import Export · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 1947
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Antwerpen · since 1989
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General medical practice · Vorst · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grimbergen · since 2004
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of NUCLEARIS I.M. · Namur · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1985
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Brussel · since 1989
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Zwevegem · since 1993
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Anderlecht · since 1997
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Poperinge · since 1998
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1990
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Lanaken · since 2008
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brussel · since 2010
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Risk and damage evaluation · Les Bons Villers · since 2006
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Computer programming · Zedelgem · since 2025
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Genappe · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Orp-Jauche · since 1991
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Abbreviation of TEAMWILL CONSULTING BENELUX · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2018
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1990
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Turnhout · since 1952
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Koekelberg · since 1989
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2015