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.
“EP PLANT”
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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Vervaardiging van geraffineerde aardolieproducten en van producten uit fossiele brandstoffen · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2019
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Opwijk · since 2003
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF YOUNG PLANT PRODUCERS · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Pajottegem · since 1995
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wevelgem · since 1976
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Lummen · since 1999
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Maldegem · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLASIMEX · Vielsalm · since 1981