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.
“ECOFOX”
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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Fernelmont · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Chiny · since 1987
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMBINED OVERSEAS FORWARDERS · Antwerpen · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Zottegem · since 2018
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Waregem · since 2021
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Gent · since 1996
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Gent · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Insside Out · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1992
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Other financial services · since 2016
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Dendermonde · since 1990
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Proefboren en boren · Somme-Leuze · since 1998
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Other printing · since 2016
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Liège · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Stoumont · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Joinery installation · Brasschaat · since 1998
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Binche · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Zaventem · since 2023
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Materials recovery from waste · Tournai · since 2012
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kraainem · since 2023
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Insulation installation · since 2020
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Charleroi · since 2017
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Ecaussinnes · since 1984