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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.

“UIRES”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • UIRES same name
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Gembloux · since 2024
  • SIRES very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 1978
  • FIRES very similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1986
  • A.I.R.E.S. very similar
    Abbreviation of ATELIER D'INTERVENTION - RECHERCHE EN ECONOMIE SOCIALE · Anderlecht · since 1984
  • HI-RES very similar
    Name of an establishment of MARILYNE COMMUNICATION · Pre-press and pre-media services · Schaarbeek · since 1999
  • TI-RES very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2018
  • CIRES very similar
    Growing of pome and stone fruits · Heers · since 2020
  • LIRES very similar
    Abbreviation of LIGHTHOUSE INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES · Other business support services · Tielt · since 2009
  • VIRES very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Aalst · since 2010
  • VIRES very similar
    Abbreviation of Vigilence-Responsabilité-Santé · Messancy · since 2006
  • CIRES very similar
    Abbreviation of CITE DE LA RESTAURATION · Brussel · since 2024
  • SIRES very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Eupen · since 1988
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • U.I.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Union internationale des Radioécologistes · Oudergem · since 1978
  • I.R.E.S. similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1994
  • IRES similar
    Laakdal · since 2002
  • IRES similar
    Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS · Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Hoogstraten · since 2014
  • IRES similar
    Abbreviation of Innovation In Research & Engineering Solutions · Research and development on biotechnology · Brussel · since 2015
  • IRES similar
    Abbreviation of INSTITUT RHUMSIKI D’ÉTUDES STRATÉGIQUES · Mons · since 2024

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