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.
“AB-ECHAF”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Herstal · since 2010
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ADVANCED - BIO - ENVIRONMENT - CONSULTING · Seraing · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Association Benelux pour les Eleveurs de Cervidés - Vereniging voor Hertenfokkerij voor de Benelux · Avelgem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Association belge pour l'Etude du Cancer-Belgische Vereniging voor de Studie van de Kanker · Jette · since 1965
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Liedekerke · since 1997
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Other specialised construction activities · Genk · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Hasselt · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Translation services · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ABECO, advies bouw, expertise en coördinatie · Activities of building architects · Deinze · since 2003
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Abbreviation of COURT-SAINT-ETIENNE, HISTOIRE, ARCHEOLOGIE ET FOLKLORE - CHAF · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Braine-le-Château · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of RUITENWASSERIJ ABECO · Other specialised construction activities · since 2002