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.
“ECoOB”
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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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Herent · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EGLISE CATHOLIQUE -ORTHODOXE BELGE · Charleroi · since 1981
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Materials recovery from waste · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
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Other technical testing and analysis · Zonhoven · 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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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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Abbreviation of L'École à Ciel Ouvert · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Rixensart · since 2022
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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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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2016
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Gent · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ittre · since 2007
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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