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.
“EKEN”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Lebbeke · since 2013
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Other photographic activities · since 2017
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Raising of other animals · since 2018
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Translation services · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of EG Retail (Belgium) · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Kruisem · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Gebroeders Ak · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of E.K.E.Haentjens · Buying and selling of own real estate · Lochristi · since 2011
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Ichtegem · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Rumst · since 1985
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Koekelberg · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hoegaarden · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oudsbergen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of L'atelier Duchateau · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2021
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since 1979
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Raising of dairy cattle · Kinrooi · since 2008
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Tongeren · since 1995
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Abbreviation of EIERHANDEL KUMPEN ERIK · Wholesale of other food products · Herk-de-Stad · since 1982
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 2018