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.
“EMMIE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oud-Heverlee · since 2024
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Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Westerlo · since 2005
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2007
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MONEY MARKETS INSTITUTE · Beheer van financiële markten · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of European Multifunctional Materials Institute · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2008
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Gent · since 1998
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Abbreviation of EDITORIAL MATCH MAKING · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Brugge · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2005
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Other business support services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EXPRESS MARKET MONS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019