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.
“EFSS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Deinze · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of LM ERICSSON FINANS · Stockholm · since 1983
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FUTURE STRUCTURES · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Bree · since 1988
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Abbreviation of EUROPEENNE FUEL SERVICE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Events for solidarity asbl · Villers-la-Ville · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Effet secondaire · Liège · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Elite Football Scouting · Wemmel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of EMBASSY FREIGHT SERVICES EUROPE · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Abbreviation of European Federation For Science Journalism · Combined facilities support activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Europese Autoriteit voor Voedselveiligheid · Parma · since 2002
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025