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.
“iet anders”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VOF letSanders · Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van deegwaren · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · Harelbeke · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Elsene · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 2017
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Retail sale of other household articles · Herentals · since 2017
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1985
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Destelbergen · since 2007
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Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Brussel · since 1993
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Aalst · since 2013
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Dental practice · Denderleeuw · since 2005
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Brugge · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2018
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Vervaardiging dakpannen, tegels en andere producten voor de bouw, van gebakken klei · since 2021
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Trade name of MATEVIEN · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Other social work without accommodation · Kasterlee · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Geel · since 2003
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Vocational training · Boutersem · since 2009