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.
“EMPALU”
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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Diksmuide · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2024
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Stijn · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 1987
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MARITIME PILOTS ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Kontich · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Lanaken · since 2015
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostrozebeke · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Heverlee · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of EFESO BELGIUM · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Retie · since 2006
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Temse · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Mechelen · since 1962