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.
“EC LAB”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Asse · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Espace Culturel de Loisirs Artistiques Spy Centre Socioculturel · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1973
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lievegem · since 2019
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Other legal services · Zemst · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2020
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Other specialised design activities · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Espace de Culture de Liberté et d'Accomplissement pour Tous · Soignies · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Dilbeek · since 1968
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Activities of building architects · Lint · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2022
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association européenne des Juristes d'Entreprises · Brussel · since 1990
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1999
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
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since 1968
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Name of an establishment of ALIFRAN · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Charleroi · since 1992
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Zaventem · since 1998
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Specialist medical practice · Mortsel · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Brussel · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2025
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Abbreviation of EUROPE COMMUNICATION LINE · Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met personenvervoer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ECL Management · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Express Container Logistics · Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Genk · since 1993
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 2023
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Aalst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ECLAT SOLIDARITE · Liège · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of D.P.S. · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lokeren · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schilde · since 2009
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Abbreviation of EuroCableLabs · Anderlecht · since 2000