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.
“EFICOM”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Walcourt · since 1984
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2026
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Charleroi · since 1985
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Vorst · since 1982
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ENGUERRAND DE FORMANOIR COMPANY · Business and other management consultancy · Virton · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Eticom Belgium · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MINING COMPANY · Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1992
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Leuven · since 1992
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Truiden · since 2000
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Begijnendijk · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BOUWHEER DEVELOPMENT GROUP · Plastering work · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Other personal services · Nivelles · since 2024
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Boortmeerbeek · since 2021
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of European Pain Federation EFIC · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Elsene · since 1999
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FURNITURE INDUSTRIES CONFEDERATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2007
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Herve · since 1973
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Other business support services · Bertem · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dilbeek · since 2014
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Edegem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of SOOMAQ RIVE GAUCHE · Other non-specialised retail sale · Vorst · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Centre européen d'Information du Fuel - European Fuel Information Centre - Europaïsche Heizöl Informations Center · Ukkel · since 1977