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.
“iVILA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Geel · since 2019
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Development of non-residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1980
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Other business support services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Projecta · Production of cinema films · Brussel · since 2014
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Sombreffe · since 2012
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Mons · Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Mons · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Beyne-Heusay · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Beyne-Heusay · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Institut des Lettres et des Arts · Brussel · since 1944
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Abbreviation of Volontaires Internationaux - Internationale Vrijwilligers · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Inther Logistics Automation · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Herk-de-Stad · since 2014
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Abbreviation of international light association · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Elsene · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Other business support services · Peer · since 2020
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Insulation installation · Asse · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ILA studio · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Charleroi · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2022
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Mechelen · since 2026
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Kortrijk · since 1969