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.
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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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH INVESTMENT CORPORATION · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1978
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Abbreviation of EUROPE-RECHERCHE-INFORMATION-CONSEIL - EUROPE-RESEARCH-INFORMATION-COUNSEL · Etterbeek · since 1988
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Other tax advisory services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Other educational support services · Braine-le-Comte · since 2018
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Europe Recherche Innovation Conseil · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS · Brussel · since 2009
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Other cleaning activities · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of ETABLISSEMENTS MIKA · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Ecaussinnes · since 1976
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Vermogensbeheer · Asse · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · since 1996
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Jalhay · since 2023
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since 1987
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Graphic design and visual communication · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2021
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Other business support services · Menen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Beerse · since 1968
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Erica Garden · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Ninove · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Emergency Rescue Retrieval Information Code · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Etterbeek · since 1992
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Leuven · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Enfants de la Rue International · Oudergem · since 1996
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2015
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Evere · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Other specialised construction activities · Halle · since 2016
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Herent · since 2003
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Etudes et Recherche en Informatique Médicale · Computer programming · Lasne · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Alken · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Association régionale européenne sur la Société de l'Information · Brussel · since 1998
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1996
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van medisch en paramedisch materieel · Vosselaar · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Insurance agents and brokers · Merchtem · since 2008
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Mechelen · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2006
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Gewestelijke Politieacademie Brussel · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Brussel · since 2023