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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.

“YNOVIA”

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.

  • YNOVIA same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Huldenberg · since 2014
  • YNOVI very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2024
  • YNOVA very similar
    Media representation · Charleroi · since 2013
  • Landscape service activities · since 2015
  • INOVIA very similar
    Other construction installation · Beringen · since 2017
  • Vocational training · since 2010
  • inovia very similar
    Vocational training · Courcelles · since 2024
  • ENOVIA very similar
    Other information service activities · Durbuy · since 2025
  • iNoVia very similar
    Elsene · since 2026
  • NOVIA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2011
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Y-NOVE similar
    Other building finishing work · Beauvechain · since 2018

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