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.
“ERARD”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other household goods · Lokeren · since 1983
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Performing arts by independent artists · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · Zonnebeke · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Edegem · since 2000
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since 2002
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Site preparation · Awans · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Andenne · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2020
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Vocational training · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2024
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since 1991
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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since 1996
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since 2014
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since 2026
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Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · since 1995
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Other specialised construction activities · Waremme · since 1997
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Abbreviation of EDDY ROELANT - DEWIJN · Harelbeke · since 1988
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Abbreviation of EXPLOITATION RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION · Business and other management consultancy · Visé · since 1990
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since 1998
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Other construction installation · since 1987
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Abbreviation of European Rabbit Association · Brussel · since 2022
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Asse · since 2009
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Abbreviation of ENVIRONNEMENT RESSOURCES AMENAGEMENT · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ukkel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Europese Rechtsakademie te Trier · Trier · since 1992
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Abbreviation of EGLISE DU ROYAUME DE DIEU · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of European Road Adventure · Mechelen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ER DENTAL · Oupeye · since 2024
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Andenne · since 2019
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Wholesale of machine tools · Sint-Truiden · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Florennes · since 1992
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Herent · since 2003
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since 1976
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Etudes, Recherches et Applications · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1981
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE POUR LA DEFENSE DU MONDE RURAL · Etterbeek · since 1991