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.
“ERLA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Charleroi · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Niel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Snelschaatsclub Easy Riders · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Entraide Raymond Leurquin · Brussel · since 1989
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Namur · since 2000
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 1982
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Support activities for crop production · Amel · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2019
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Geetbets · since 2022
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Abbreviation of En Roue Libre · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Oudenaarde · since 1988
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Market research and public opinion polling · Lennik · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Haan · since 2016
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Brussel · since 1968
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Mixed farming · Berlare · since 1983
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Meise · since 1983
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Zoersel · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Essen · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Raising of other animals · since 2022
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Wachtebeke · since 2023
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since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Peer · since 2019
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Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1978