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.
“EDEC”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Elsene · since 1984
Names that resemble it 65 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Etudes et Developpements Commerciaux · Charleroi · since 1964
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Gent · since 1982
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Other tax advisory services · Asse · since 1996
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Tournai · since 1999
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Brasschaat · since 1999
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Other building finishing work · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Elite de l'esthétique - Elite der Esthetica · Brussel · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Grimbergen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Energy Drinks Europe · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Empreinte DigitalE · Rixensart · since 2018
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Abbreviation of L' Etoile de l' Espoir · Herve · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Seraing · since 2019
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Ed Electricité · General electrical installation work · Colfontaine · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Euro Delivery Express · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ASBL L'ESPOIRE D'UN ENFANT · Waremme · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ETUDIANTS DEMOCRATES EUROPEENS · Youth work associations · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of École des écoles · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ÉLAN D’ESPOIR ASBL · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Namur · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 1920
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Abbreviation of Européenne de Lyophilisation · Verwerking van thee en koffie · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1978
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Drukken van dagbladen · Brussel · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Boutersem · since 1997
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Gent · since 1997
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Abbreviation of EUROPE DYNAMIQUE POUR DES EMPLOIS NOUVEAUX · Etterbeek · since 1999
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Computer programming · Roosdaal · since 2000
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Abbreviation of EDET CONSULTING · Computer programming · Gent · since 2000
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Seraing · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ECOLE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ET D'EXPRESSION ARTISTIQUE · Cultural education · Houyet · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Pepingen · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2018
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Computer programming · Ohey · since 2019
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Abbreviation of EDEN4Art · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Waterloo · since 2019
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Development of non-residential building projects · Esneux · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Estate des Etangs Noirs · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Gent · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Espoir des enfants de Yène · Anthisnes · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2008
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Vocational training · Thimister-Clermont · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ninove · since 2023
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Echanges en Développement communautaire · Anderlecht · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Real estate agency activities · since 1996
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Event catering · Hoogstraten · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ciney · since 2022