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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ERICAN”

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.

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  • 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

16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ERICAN same name
    Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Etterbeek · since 1992
  • Erica very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Beerse · since 1968
  • ERICA very similar
    Grez-Doiceau · since 1989
  • ERICA very similar
    Name of an establishment of Erica Garden · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Ninove · since 1999
  • Erica S.à r.l. very similar
    Luxembourg · since 2013
  • Berican very similar
    General medical practice · Oostende · since 2023
  • RICAN very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Menen · since 1999
  • ERIAN very similar
    Other construction installation · Diepenbeek · since 2001
  • ERCAN very similar
    Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2013
  • ERISAN very similar
    Westerlo · since 1997
  • ERIDAN very similar
    Computer programming · Pont-à-Celles · since 1998
  • URICAN very similar
    Carouge 1227 · since 1999
  • Eli-CAN very similar
    Painting of buildings · Destelbergen · since 2020
  • ERIVAN very similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Boutersem · since 2010
  • VRICAN very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Diest · since 2005
  • Ericon very similar
    Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2023
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ERICANTAT similar
    Abbreviation of ZANGKOOR ERICANTAT VZW · Essen · since 2017
  • Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
  • ERIC similar
    Abbreviation of ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH INVESTMENT CORPORATION · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1978
  • ERIC similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPE-RECHERCHE-INFORMATION-CONSEIL - EUROPE-RESEARCH-INFORMATION-COUNSEL · Etterbeek · since 1988
  • ERIC similar
    Other tax advisory services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
  • Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
  • ERIC-V similar
    Other educational support services · Braine-le-Comte · since 2018
  • Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1998
  • E.R.I.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Europe Recherche Innovation Conseil · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
  • ERIC similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2022
  • ERIC similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS · Brussel · since 2009
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
  • ERIC similar
    Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
  • ERICARD similar
    Herent · since 2003
  • Other cleaning activities · since 2007
  • Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2001
  • ERIC P. similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Asse · since 2016
  • ERICO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2011
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
  • Erico similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Maasmechelen · since 2024
  • Eric Orban similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2016
  • ERICA ROSA similar
    Growing of flowers · Lievegem · since 2003
  • ERICOM similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Leuven · since 1992
  • ERICHO similar
    Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
  • Joinery installation · since 2015
  • EricVK similar
    Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Evere · since 2015
  • ERICKA similar
    Freight transport by road · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
  • Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
  • Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
  • Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
  • Eric DC similar
    Mixed farming · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
  • Eric 24 similar
    Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Jalhay · since 2023
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2007
  • ERIC similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of ETABLISSEMENTS MIKA · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Ecaussinnes · since 1976

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