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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.

“ECU”

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  • 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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ECU same name
    Abbreviation of ETUDES ET CONCEPTIONS URBAINES · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
  • ECU same name
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CAR UNITY · Ganshoren · since 1988
  • E.C.U. same name
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL UNION · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
  • Ecu same name
    Hotels and similar accommodation · Genk · since 1995
  • E.C.U. same name
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION UNIT · Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 1998
  • Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1992
  • ECU same name
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2007
  • ECU same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of European Consultancy Unit · Brussel · since 1991
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ECUS similar
    Abbreviation of ERIC CUSAS · Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2010
  • e-Cure similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geetbets · since 2013
  • ECUME similar
    Abbreviation of ESPACE-CARTO-URBANISME-MOBILITE-ENVIRONNEMENT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Evere · since 2018
  • ECU23 similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudergem · since 2020
  • Ecura similar
    Other personal services · Lommel · since 2022
  • Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
  • E. Cura similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Malle · since 2026
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of EURO-CENTER · Antwerpen · since 1994
  • E.C. similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Stabroek · since 1994
  • E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of EURACONNECTION BBS · Peer · since 1995
  • E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of TripleP · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • EC³ similar
    Abbreviation of EC³ (EFFICACITE.COACH.CREA.COM) · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2001
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of EURO - PRO CONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2003
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of ENERGIE CONCEPT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beyne-Heusay · since 2012
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of Eat Concrete · Brugge · since 2013
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of SOLAM CONSTRUCT · Vervaardiging van gehomogeniseerde voedingspreparaten en dieetvoeding · Schaarbeek · since 2013
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of Expressions Créatrices · Fernelmont · since 2013
  • E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of ESPACE CULTURE · since 2014
  • Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2014
  • EC similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Halen · since 2017
  • E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Enen Crew · Seneffe · since 2018
  • Other specialised design activities · since 2019
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of Experience Centric · Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of ERATHIS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2022
  • Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2023
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of Equi'chance · Other membership organisations · Philippeville · since 2010
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of EL CLASSICO · Antwerpen · since 2011
  • E C similar
    Abbreviation of ENJOY CONCEPT · Schaarbeek · since 2011
  • E.C. similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
  • E.C. similar
    General electrical installation work · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2005
  • Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2007
  • E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPE CONNECTION · since 2007
  • E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of ELLY CARE · Nursing and midwifery · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of Europa Consulting · Real estate agency activities · Etterbeek · since 2024
  • EC ! similar
    Abbreviation of Ensemble Citoyens · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2024
  • Freight transport by road · since 2025
  • EC similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Brussel · since 2024
  • E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Elk-consult · Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2025
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of Ecler Snc · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Fléron · since 2026
  • EC similar
    Abbreviation of De Eritrese Gemeenschap · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • ECUA + similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016

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