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.
“ERFIN”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 2020
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Oudergem · since 1987
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Lochristi · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Service et Financière · Elsene · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Linter · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2008
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Abbreviation of EXCHANGE FINANCE · Kinshasa · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Genk · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Wevelgem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Ja.Pa. · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Horebeke · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of other household articles · Kortenaken · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ELFIN DENTAL · Dental practice · Kontich · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of GYKO · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mechelen · since 1992
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Association of European-level Research infrastructure Facilities · Elsene · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Réveil de la Foi asbl-eglise de sanctification · Other education · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
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Amsterdam · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ath · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ALTERFIN GARANTIEFONDS · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Oreye · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 2010
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bierbeek · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Bredene · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Fraternelle du Personnel des Finances · Brussel · since 1962
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Namur · since 1995
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Nassogne · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN UNION ROAD FEDERATION · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2000