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.
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Meise · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ETUDES, LOGICIELS ET PROGRAMMATION · Computer programming · Oudergem · since 1993
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Koksijde · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of WINTMOLDERS E.L.P. · Repair and maintenance of machinery · Sint-Truiden · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Halle · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Profondeville · since 2005
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lille · since 1975
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1990
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Other information service activities · Izegem · since 2020
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Other construction installation · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ELPEO · Activities of head offices · Herentals · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2007
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Olen · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Nivelles · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hasselt · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Wetteren · since 2025
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Abbreviation of European Live Poultry and Hatching Egg Association · Elsene · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Bever · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bredene · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Menen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1982
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merchtem · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Diest · since 2024
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since 2025
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Abbreviation of ESTEE LAUDER · Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Westerlo · since 1965
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ERIC LOWIE · Photography, excluding press photography · Brussel · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kampenhout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of EuroLatino · Liège · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Ethical Life · Oostende · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · Ranst · since 2018
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Abbreviation of El Laboristo · Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · Gent · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ezer Latalmid · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Handel in elektriciteit · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ENFANTS LUNE · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Etres en lien · Liège · since 2025
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since 1997