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.
“EFIN”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Torhout · since 2000
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INCLUSION NETWORK · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FINANCE et INVESTMENTS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Koekelberg · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ELV FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL · Brussel · since 2000
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Employment placement agencies
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Luxembourg · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vilvoorde · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Dendermonde · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of European Flight Instrument School · Namur · since 1990
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Abbreviation of EUROPESE FEDERATIE VAN INWENDIGE GENEESKUNDE · Specialist medical practice · Zaventem · since 1996
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Other financial services · Jette · since 1998
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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 FUTURE INNOVATION SYSTEM CENTRE · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2014
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Fitness centres · since 2008
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Abbreviation of EFID Tax & Accountancy · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Elsene · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Faimes · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EQUIPE DE FRANCE DES INSTITUTIONS EUROPÉENNES · Vorst · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Beersel · since 2005
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FURNITURE INDUSTRIES CONFEDERATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Est Fans in Belgium · Vorst · since 2026
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Tournai · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1979
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General construction of residential buildings · Merchtem · since 1988
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1991
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Brasschaat · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2014
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2025
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Centre européen d'Information du Fuel - European Fuel Information Centre - Europaïsche Heizöl Informations Center · Ukkel · since 1977
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Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · Antwerpen · since 2016