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.
“ERNAS”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Enschede · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2022
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Abbreviation of POUVOIR ORGANISATEUR DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT CATHOLIQUE NAMUR SALZINNES · Other membership organisations · Namur · since 1964
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Abbreviation of ENERGY & REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 2015
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herstal · since 2017
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other retail sale of food · since 1970
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Employment placement agencies · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Other business support services · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2017
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Support activities for crop production · Walcourt · since 2012
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Other education · Schilde · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Landen · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2015