Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“EIFO”

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.

EIFO same name

Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalst · since 2014
E.I.F.O. same name

Abbreviation of Eglise Internationale de la Flandre Oriëntale · Activities of religious organisations · Aalst · since 2009

Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

EIFOS similar

Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Brugge · since 2022
EIF similar

Abbreviation of L'ESSUYAGE DE L'ILE DE FRANCE · Montreuil · since 1995
E.I.F. similar

New Castle County 19810 · since 1998
EIF. similar

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN INTERNET FORUM · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2000
EIFA similar

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN IRAQI FREEDOM ASSOCIATION · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2014
EIFE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of EUROPE INDIA FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014

Next steps

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