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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.P.D.”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • E.P.D. same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ledegem · since 1991
  • EPD same name
    Abbreviation of Eu Pak Donation · Anderlecht · since 2020
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • EPDA similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA MALADIE DE PARKINSON · Ukkel · since 1999
  • EPDW similar
    Abbreviation of Espaces pour Demain-WALLONIE · Namur · since 2021
  • EPDSH similar
    Abbreviation of Encadrement des Paysans pour le Développement et Solidarité Handicap · Brussel · since 2013
  • E.P.D.H.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Education Pour La Paix et Le Développement Humain Durables · Anderlecht · since 2011
  • E.P. similar
    Abbreviation of LES EQUIPES POPULAIRES · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 1976
  • EP similar
    Abbreviation of ECO - POINT · Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Brecht · since 1997
  • E.P. similar
    Abbreviation of Espace Pilates · Seraing · since 2020
  • EP similar
    Abbreviation of Edmée Productions · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Waterloo · since 2022
  • eP similar
    Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Elsene · since 2008
  • E.P. similar
    Abbreviation of KVK Eendracht Peizegem · since 2010
  • EP similar
    Abbreviation of Emiel Puype · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortemark · since 2023
  • EP similar
    Psychology services · Waregem · since 2026
  • EPDC similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Electric Power Distribution Company · Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Dendermonde · since 2023
  • EP similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Echt Projecten · Vosselaar · since 2019

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