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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“EMIVAL”

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.

  • EMIVAL same name
    Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2021
  • Emiva (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2026
  • EMIVALAU very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 2011
  • EMIVAD very similar
    Computer programming · La Bruyère · since 2014
  • Demival very similar
    Abbreviation of Demival, Werkplaats voor Aangepaste Arbeid te Deinze · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Deinze · since 1966
  • MIVAL very similar
    Kortrijk · since 1987
  • MIVAL very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Lommel · since 2023
  • ELIVAL very similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Oudergem · since 1994
  • ERIVAL very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leopoldsburg · since 2017
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • EmiVet similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Zandhoven · since 2022
  • IVAL similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018

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