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.
“E.KA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of ENERGIE-KEURING & ADVIES · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Oudsbergen · since 2001
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Demolition · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Zoersel · since 1979
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SHABAD ALIMENTATION GENERALE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Awans · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of EKA TRADELINK · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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Psychology services · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · Grobbendonk · since 2011
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Plumbing work · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of E.K. NETWORK · General electrical installation work · Mons · since 2000
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Other construction installation · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Roeselare · since 2018
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Gent · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Abbreviation of European Kashrut · Other technical testing and analysis · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Combined facilities support activities · Aartselaar · since 2007
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Other sports activities · Diepenbeek · since 2025