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.
“Ninive”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · Koekelberg · since 2010
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Abbreviation of the International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy performance · Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Amon · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Zwalm · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2016
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Physiotherapy · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of KELLYDELI · Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 1995
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of CP RETAIL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Braine-le-Château · since 1992
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Ganshoren · since 2010
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Ternat · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of AG Real Estate Property Management · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Brussel · since 1993
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Office administrative and support services · since 1998
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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 · Bredene · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Hasselt · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2004
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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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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Lille · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Oostrozebeke · since 1993
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Asse · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hulshout · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Site preparation · Herselt · since 2017
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Wavre · since 2019
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Geer · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2009
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2006
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Land surveying · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merchtem · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2018