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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.

“ZIPPORA”

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.

  • ZIPPORA same name
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Aarschot · since 2022
  • NIPPORA very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2013
  • SIPPORA very similar
    Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
  • Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1986
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Zip.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Zip Productions · Aarschot · since 2008
  • ZIPPY similar
    Other postal and courier activities · Liège · since 2024
  • PORA similar
    Abbreviation of Paroisse Orthodoxe Roumaine Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 2019

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