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.
“D.EFFECTS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Antwerpen · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of iLouvU · Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2010
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Elsene · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Evere · since 2008
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Computer programming · Lokeren · since 1999
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Oostkamp · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Niel · since 2020
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Lochristi · since 2012
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Abbreviation of European Forum for Electroconvulsive Therapy · Kortenberg · since 2006
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since 2012
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Herstal · since 1967