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.
“EDK”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of E. DE KOCK · Construction of roads and motorways · Overijse · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Entreprises Générales E. DE KEMPENEER - Algemene Ondernemingen E. DE KEMPENEER · General construction of residential buildings · Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Prof. Ephrem Delmotte Kring · Ronse · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ERIK DE KEYSER · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Gedinne · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Eléna D'Ambra Kinésithérapeute · Physiotherapy · Charleroi · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Destelbergen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Lille · since 1999
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Activities of bailiffs · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2002
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Translation services · De Panne · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Namur · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ENTRAIDE DECES DE KOUVETOWO EN BELGIQUE · Saint-Nicolas · since 2024
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Abbreviation of LES ETUDES DIRIGEES · Wavre · since 1996
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EDOR · Literary creation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Event catering · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ELECTRO-DEPATURE · Other specialised construction activities · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Eva Dobbels · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Etienne Durand · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2025
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2026
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Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Denderleeuw · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Ethereal Darkness · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Halle · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2005