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.
“EPW”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of EFFICIENT PROCESSING WOOD · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zoersel · since 2015
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Maaseik · since 2023
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN PLATFORM OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS -EPWS · Other research and development on natural sciences · Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of LES EQUIPES POPULAIRES · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 1976
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Abbreviation of ECO - POINT · Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Brecht · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Espace Pilates · Seraing · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Edmée Productions · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Waterloo · since 2022
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Elsene · since 2008
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Abbreviation of KVK Eendracht Peizegem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Emiel Puype · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortemark · since 2023
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Psychology services · Waregem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Echt Projecten · Vosselaar · since 2019