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.
“EKATA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Psychology services · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Europe & Central Asia Transport and Trade Association · Ganshoren · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2025
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EKA TRADELINK · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Development of non-residential building projects · Waregem · since 2012
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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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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · since 2024
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Computer programming · Huldenberg · since 1998
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Zoersel · since 1979
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Oostende · since 1987