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.
“EORPA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Linkebeek · since 2012
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Koksijde · since 1978
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Abbreviation of European Operating Room Nurses Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1996
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH PARTNERS ASSOCIATION · Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Support activities for crop production · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Droits d'Opposants, Refugiés Politiques et Activistes · Vorst · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Evergem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CORPORATE ADVISORS · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Charleroi · since 2016