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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“NIO”

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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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NIO same name
    Other postal and courier activities · Hasselt · since 2002
  • NIO same name
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
  • NIO & Co very similar
    Activities of head offices · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Nioo similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zottegem · since 2013
  • NIOU similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Ukkel · since 2008
  • NIOU similar
    Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2023
  • Nilsanio similar
    Other retail sale of food · Lichtervelde · since 2019
  • N.I.O.D.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Nationaal Instituut voor Organisatie Documentatie en Administratie · Gent · since 1960
  • NIOLA similar
    Specialist medical practice · Kraainem · since 2019
  • NIOKI similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2012
  • NIOBE similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Web portal activities · since 2024
  • NIVIO similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pelt · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2026
  • N-I similar
    Abbreviation of NOUVEL INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • N(i)² similar
    Abbreviation of Ni2 · Other software publishing · Liège · since 2006

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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