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.
“EKAM”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of SHABAD ALIMENTATION GENERALE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Awans · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ENERGIE-KEURING & ADVIES · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Oudsbergen · since 2001
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Demolition · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Computer programming · Soignies · since 2009
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Abbreviation of EKA TRADELINK · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Aalst · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nijlen · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waasmunster · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Blankenberge · since 2017
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Plumbing work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2023
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since 1994
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Etterbeek · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of vzw ‘de Rand’ · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Wemmel · since 1996
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Zoersel · since 1979