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.
“EMPIR”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Vertoning van films · Charleroi · since 1987
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Other business support services · Gent · since 1995
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Computer programming · Rixensart · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Aalter · since 2022
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's-Gravenhage · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of VIZZINI JEAN-CARLO ET MESSA ADRIANA ADF · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2012
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Oudenburg · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Empire's Empire · Bredene · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2015
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Other financial services · since 2017
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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La Louvière · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2024
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2026
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Combined facilities support activities · Zele · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ELECTRICITY MECHANICS PNEUMATICS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Overijse · since 1985
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Abbreviation of EQUIPE MEDICALE PASTEUR · Tournai · since 1986
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Other tax advisory services · Waterloo · since 1990
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Schoten · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Estelys Music Productions · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Courcelles · since 2014
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WINDHOF · since 2016
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Machining of metals · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of European Migrant Platform · Other social work without accommodation · Steenokkerzeel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Evolver Media Productions · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Bekkevoort · since 2021
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Awans · since 2019
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Quaregnon · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Production of cinema films · since 2025
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Abbreviation of EMOTION PICTURES · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Evergem · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of EMP BVBA · Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2022