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.
“EDV”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of EGLISE DU DIEU VIVANT JESUS-CHRIST DIEU DE NEEMA · Activities of religious organisations · Liège · since 2001
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Nursing and midwifery · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Abbreviation of EOLIENNE DE VILLEROUX · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Tellin · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ecole de la Dame Verte · Nandrin · since 2006
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Abbreviation of EGLISE EAU DE VIE · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Destelbergen · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Pajottegem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Veterinary services · Theux · since 2014
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Other retail sale of new goods · Waregem · since 2020
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Translation services · Ronse · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2005
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Veterinary services · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2021
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Charleroi · since 2023
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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