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.
“ERMA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Boechout · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Verviers · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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Activities of lawyers · since 2019
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Zottegem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Oostende · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gavere · since 2002
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Waalre · since 1995
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Joinery installation · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Energie - Maintenance · Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Oupeye · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Havelange · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Elec Reynders M · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lummen · since 2007
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Combined facilities support activities · Lede · since 2007
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Nijlen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Enterprise and Resource Management · Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Clavier · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · Charleroi · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · Diest · since 1998
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Activities of bailiffs · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Duffel · since 1964
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DE RISK MANAGEMENT - FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1974
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Other retail sale of new goods · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988
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Abbreviation of VERHOLLE MARCEL · Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Zonnebeke · since 1989
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Bornem · since 1990
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since 1993
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Luxembourg 1631 · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1997
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2013
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Site preparation · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hemiksem · since 2020
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Kapellen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Essen · since 2004
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Mol · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1981