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.
“EDESSA”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Courcelles · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dinant · since 2021
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Overijse · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Federation of European Self Storage Associations · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2004
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenaken · since 2001
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Employment placement agencies · Zonnebeke · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Holsbeek · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Roeselare · since 2026
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1999
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Brussel · since 1983
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Kortrijk · since 1984
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Seraing · since 2001
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Wholesale of other food products · Genk · since 2014
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Brecht · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
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Site preparation · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Schelle · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023