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.
“YIMEX”
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
36 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Boutersem · since 2022
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1967
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Brussel · since 1956
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Abbreviation of ARCADES IMMOBILIERE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herve · since 1970
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Lochristi · since 1972
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Vorst · since 1979
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schaarbeek · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Continental Import and Export Corporation · Wholesale of machine tools · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE MAINTENANCE ET D'EXPLOITATION · Valenciennes · since 1985
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1987
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Zulte · since 1987
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Abbreviation of DECORATION IMPORT EXPORT · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Brussel · since 1990
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · De Panne · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herentals · since 1991
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Centre d'inspection, de Médiation et d'Expertise · Risk and damage evaluation · Chaudfontaine · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aarschot · since 1996
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Wholesale of machine tools · Ingelmunster · since 1999
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General cleaning of buildings · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wielsbeke · since 2018
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 1985
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2004
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Wholesale of machine tools · Comines-Warneton · since 2005
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Ukkel · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 1964
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Waterloo · since 1978
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Wevelgem · since 1985
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Leuven · since 1991
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Brugge · since 1992
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zele · since 2024
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Genappe · since 1989
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Orp-Jauche · since 1991
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zonhoven · since 1996
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Abbreviation of TEAMWILL CONSULTING BENELUX · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2018
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1990