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.
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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Other educational support services · Lier · since 2004
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Koln · since 1978
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Fribourg 1700 · since 1994
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH · tirana · since 2018
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Abbreviation of EURO SERBIAN BUSINESS INTEREST ASSOCIATION · Overijse · since 2004
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Abbreviation of FESER-FEDERATION DES SERVICES ESPACES-RENCONTRES FRANCOPHONES · Amay · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Vorst · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2010
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Etterbeek · since 1991
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Liège · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Espace en Soi · Jodoigne · since 2013
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ENERGY RETAILERS - NETWORK OF INDEPENDENT ENERGY & SOLUTION PROVIDERS · Brussel · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Electric Energy Solutions · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Balen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Eglise Evangelique Shalom · Tienen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Engilico Engineering Solutions · Computer programming · Rotselaar · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Espace en Soi · Sports and recreation education · Villers-la-Ville · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Easi Employee Shareholders · Nivelles · since 2026
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Oudergem · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2025
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2014
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Geetbets · since 2008
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Oud-Heverlee · since 1990
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2005
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Brugge · since 1997
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Abbreviation of ECO ENERGY SOLUTIONS · Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Liège · since 2021