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.
“EKTOR”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Office administrative and support services · Genk · since 2022
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Media representation · Liège · since 2002
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Other business support services · Wemmel · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Wanze · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of SMART PARK · Service activities incidental to land transportation · 75009 PARIS · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Halle · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Evangelische Kerk Tessenderlo · Diest · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ELEKTRICITEITSWERKEN KATOGLU TAMER · General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2014
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Production of cinema films · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Boortmeerbeek · since 2007
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Liège · since 2022
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since 1975
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Business and other management consultancy · Schelle · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2018