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.
“NIVA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2013
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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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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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Vermogensbeheer · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BISTROT NIVA · Full-service restaurants · Blégny · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of YNB · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Jette · since 2010
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Oosterzele · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlaar · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2019
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Other education · Kalmthout · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Kinrooi · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Londerzeel · since 2023
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2003
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Nivelles · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kapellen · since 2006
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Olen · since 2024
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Roofing work · Gent · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Holsbeek · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Operation of sports facilities · Tremelo · since 2026
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since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostkamp · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Torhout · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nivelles · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Diest · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Hasselt · since 2009
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Gesves · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2015
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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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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geel · since 2025