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.
“EBMC”
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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Vervaardiging van machines voor de winning van delfstoffen en voor de bouw · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2008
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Erpe-Mere · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EUROPE BUSINESS MEMORY · Other business support services · De Panne · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE BORAINE DE MECANIQUE · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Quiévrain · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · Stabroek · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Edouard Botton Management · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Genappe · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2021
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BUSINESS MEDIA · Brussel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ESPACE BASSE MEUSE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aubel · since 2012
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ERIK BRUYNSEELS MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ENTREPRISE MATHIEU BASTIEN · Landscape service activities · Philippeville · since 2025
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Abbreviation of European Business and Management School · Aartselaar · since 1998
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Abbreviation of VZW VLIEGVELD MOORSELE · Wevelgem · since 2002
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BICYCLE MANUFACTURES ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2013
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Plumbing work · Lokeren · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of EAMONN BATES MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2009
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Mol · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of EBM CONTRACTORS · Other construction installation · Overijse · since 2019