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.
“EBICO”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ardooie · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Society for Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard · Other business support services · La Hulpe · since 2010
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Silly · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gavere · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2006
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Abbreviation of C&A BUYING · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Vilvoorde · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 1997
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2001
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Abbreviation of European Projects Investment Company · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2011
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BILJARTCOMPAGNIE · Brussel · since 1985
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BIOSTIMULANTS INDUSTRY COUNCIL · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2013
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2025
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BUILDING IMMOBILIERE · Combined facilities support activities · Schaarbeek · since 1963
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Abbreviation of ELECTRO BELGIUM INTERNATIONAL · Other software publishing · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of EUROPAISCHES BURO FUR INFORMATIONSDIENSTE · News agency activities · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BUSINESS INITIATIVES · Brussel · since 1998
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Abbreviation of European Building Invest · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kapellen · since 1999
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Elsene · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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since 1975
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Psychology services · Genk · since 2023
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Activities of bailiffs · Retie · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Étoiles Bleues d’IBALÉ · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Wingene · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2009
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Abbreviation of European and British Investments · Etterbeek · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of Electricité du Bâtiment et de l'Industrie E.B.I. · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Ukkel · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Europe Brussels International · Oudergem · since 1988
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Abbreviation of EUREKA BELGIUM INTERNATIONAL · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waterloo · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Market research and public opinion polling · Grimbergen · since 1991