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.
“ERINE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2001
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1977
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Other education · Rumst · since 2012
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2007
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Other education · since 2026
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 1986
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2016
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Abbreviation of European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents · Research and development on biotechnology · Elsene · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Enfants de la Rue International · Oudergem · since 1996
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Market research and public opinion polling · Tournai · since 1997
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Geraardsbergen · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Handel in elektriciteit · Brussel · since 2025
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since 2014
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Daenens-Herman · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1996
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Vertoning van films · since 2013