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“ERKA”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ERKA same name
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zulte · since 1983
  • ERKA same name
    Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Lontzen · since 1989
  • ERKA same name
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • ERKA same name
    Stekene · since 1990
  • ERKA same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 1999
  • ERKA same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1982
  • ERKA-INVEST very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Berlare · since 2003
  • ERKA HORECA very similar
    Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2006
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Erkato similar
    Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
  • ERKAYA similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zaventem · since 2024
  • ERK similar
    Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2025
  • ERKO similar
    Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Anzegem · since 2003
  • Erki similar
    Roofing work · Balen · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Other retail sale of new goods · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Plumbing work · since 2024
  • PERKA similar
    Other printing · Maldegem · since 1966
  • Verka similar
    Abbreviation of Vervoerkantoor · Oostende · since 1946
  • VERKA similar
    Châtelet · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Other information service activities · since 2018
  • JERKA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2021
  • GERKA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Proefboren en boren · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2021
  • OGERKA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    General cleaning of buildings · since 2024

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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