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.
“EMOTRADE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Temse · since 2017
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Kasterlee · since 1974
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General construction of residential buildings · Ganshoren · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Elsene · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Verviers · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1996
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 1977
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of De Lovie · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Poperinge · since 1922
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN PROMOTIONAL TRADE SERVICE · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1986
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Tournai · since 1993
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Blégny · since 2020
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since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2005
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Other legal services · Brussel · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Elsene · since 2001
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Groothandel in sanitair · Maasmechelen · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Ukkel · since 1975
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1985
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Mol · since 1996
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Pont-à-Celles · since 2009