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.
“EMRAH”
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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1987
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2016
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Vocational training · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2026
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since 2020
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of other animals · Liège · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ELEKTRO MEET - EN REGELWERKEN AYDAN · General electrical installation work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Lievegem · since 1982
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MILK RECORDING · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Ciney · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Eyemèr · Literary creation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Brussel · since 1930
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Abbreviation of European Marketing and Research Associates · Etterbeek · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Emergency Medical Response · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Zaventem · since 2023