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.
“ECOV”
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.
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Abbreviation of Europees Centrum voor Opera en Vocale Kunst · Gent · since 1985
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Materials recovery from waste · Mechelen · since 1994
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ECO VANDENBUSSCHE FRANKY · Plumbing work · Brugge · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Ecova Projecten · Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1968
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Abbreviation of European Commercial Organisation · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sambreville · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Etudes et Constructions · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 1972
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION ORGANISATION · Advertising agencies · Couvin · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION ORGANISATION · Advertising agencies · Zaventem · since 1988
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of European Consulting Office · Oostende · since 1992
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COORDINATION ORGANISATION · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Arendonk · since 1993
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2003
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Heusden-Zolder · since 2013
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Verviers · since 2016
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Other business support services · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Abbreviation of "Essor et conscience" · Psychology services · Messancy · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Poperinge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of L'École à Ciel Ouvert · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Rixensart · since 2022
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Assenede · since 2009
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Mouscron · since 2003
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ECO FACILITY SERVICES · Ranst · since 2024
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DE KRINGWINKEL MIDDEN-WEST-VLAANDEREN · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Roeselare · since 1995
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Orp-Jauche · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Turnhout · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of SERVIPACK · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door andere energiebronnen dan elektriciteit · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
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Computer programming · Baarle-Hertog · since 2026
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Abbreviation of EGLISE CATHOLIQUE -ORTHODOXE BELGE · Charleroi · since 1981
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wetteren · since 1983
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMBINED OVERSEAS FORWARDERS · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Retie · since 1998
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Herstal · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2020
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Edegem · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Mortsel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Namur · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Eupen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CONFEDERATION OF OUTDOOR EMPLOYERS · Hamoir · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ELECTRICITY CONSULTING ENGINEERING · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of PLANT PROJECTS · Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Dentergem · since 2004
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Genk · since 2024
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Charleroi · since 2025
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Dilbeek · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Exploitatie Van Cinema's Oostende · Oostende · since 1968
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Abbreviation of ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS · Leuven · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 1999
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brussel · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2024
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Gent · since 1988