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.
“EFES”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ANTALYA · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1988
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since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of AKCAN · Hairdressing and barber services · Aartselaar · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of EFESIM · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kinrooi · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ZERIN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudsbergen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vosselaar · since 2006
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Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Zelzate · since 1992
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · since 2005
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Travel agency activities · Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Durbuy · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VAN DOLCK · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mol · since 2015
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Abbreviation of European Foresty and Environmental Skills Council · Brussel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of EURO FISH EQUIPMENT · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Fleurus · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Westerlo · since 2000
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Gent · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR ELEVATOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTREPRISES · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · since 2012
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MP Consult · Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
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Brussel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES COMMERCANTS EN ELECTRONIQUE DOMESTIQUE ET ELECTROMENAGER - EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF ELECTRONICS RETAILIERS · Vilvoorde · since 1992
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1996
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Stichting European Federation of Energy Traders · Activities of professional membership organisations · Amsterdam · since 1999
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2009
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES EMPLOYEURS D'EDUCATION en anglais EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEERS · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ECOLE DE FOOT ENTENTE FLEMALLE · Flémalle · since 2004
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FIRST ESTATE COMPANY · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2017
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Ukkel · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022