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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Nidav”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Nidav same name
    Cadier en Keer · since 2018
  • NIDAC very similar
    Schaarbeek · since 2011
  • Nidak very similar
    Abbreviation of NIDAK VOLLEY · Sint-Niklaas · since 2008
  • BIDAV very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2023
  • MIDAV very similar
    Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NIDA similar
    Turnhout · since 1991
  • NIDA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Lennik · since 2014
  • Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2006
  • NIDAGO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2025
  • NID similar
    Name of an establishment of Ville de Namur · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Namur · since 1968
  • N.I.D. similar
    Abbreviation of NATURAL INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1998
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1988
  • NID similar
    Abbreviation of NATIONALE ISOLATIE DIENST · Insulation installation · Zonhoven · since 2015
  • Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2024
  • Plumbing work · since 2018
  • NIDABEL similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012

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