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.
“NIV”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Veterinary services · Nivelles · since 2019
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of NEST EN INFRASTRUCTUUR VOOR VORMING EN OMKADERING · Anderlecht · since 1982
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Market research and public opinion polling · Ukkel · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of NIVO DESIGN en PRODUKTONTWIKKELING · Activities of interior architects · Diepenbeek · since 1993
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2015
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Activities of interior architects · Mol · since 2020
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Assenede · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Tremelo · since 2003
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Abbreviation of De Nieuwe Vaart · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 2005
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Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BISTROT NIVA · Full-service restaurants · Blégny · since 2026
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Other tax advisory services · Oosterzele · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · Ternat · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herentals · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Oostende · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of cafématic · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Hasselt · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Hektaar · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Anzegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlaar · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of YNB · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Jette · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pelt · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Torhout · since 2026
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Abbreviation of NOUVEL INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Ni2 · Other software publishing · Liège · since 2006
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Hasselt · since 1981