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.
“EMPWR”
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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Wholesale of other food products · Gent · since 2020
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Vocational training · Schoten · since 2026
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Retail sale of footwear · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Seneffe · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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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