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.
“EPOCA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Oudergem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2024
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ciney · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of PIZZA A CASA · Full-service restaurants · Boussu · since 1993
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wavre · since 1981
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Other membership organisations · Remicourt · since 1986
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Advertising agencies · Kortenaken · since 1989
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Raising of horses and other equines · Ranst · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Edition, Diffusion des Oeuvres culturelles d'Afrique · Elsene · since 1993
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Abbreviation of EVENS OCULAR ASSOCIATES · Specialist medical practice · Wemmel · since 2000
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Burg-Reuland · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Abbreviation of the european public affairs consultanties association en abrégé EPACA · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2006
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Kortrijk · since 1972
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Advertising agencies · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Edge Private Office · Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2021
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Abbreviation of EPO COÖPERATIEVE UITGEVERIJ · Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Energies Positives Omezée · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Philippeville · since 2026
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Abbreviation of PORSCHE OWNERS CLUB ANTWERP · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2003