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.
“ERIC MODAVE”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of live animals · Beauraing · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of VIVAQUA · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Maison F. MODAVE et CIE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Esneux · since 1979
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW RESIDENTIE MODAVE TE HEERS, Nieuwe Steenweg, 14 · Heers · since 2001
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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
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2013
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Other business support services · since 2022