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.
“EDROPA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of EUROPA LEVAGE · Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Hannut · since 1982
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Abbreviation of EURO - PERFORMANCE OF ARTS · Lacets Saint Léon-MC 98000Monaco · since 1991
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Gavere · since 1992
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since 1993
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Liège · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1981
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Site preparation · since 2017
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Abbreviation of EUROPA PLUS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2008
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1974
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Vielsalm · since 1989
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Liège · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · Alken · since 2009
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2024
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Opwijk · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zonnebeke · since 1987
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Vosselaar · since 2014