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.
“ERNEL”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Geraardsbergen · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Temse · since 1979
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Ukkel · since 1993
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Erpe-Mere · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of ERTEL - C.B.S. · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Huldenberg · since 1988
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Liedekerke · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ERKELENS LAW · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2013
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Paris · since 2016
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2018
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Psychology services · since 2015
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Other business support services · Berlaar · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2011
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Begijnendijk · since 2017
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Rixensart · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2025
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Trade name of JODEL · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Elsene · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Laarne · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Laarne · since 1968
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1989
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Other retail sale of food · since 1990
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2004
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Schoten · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · since 2022
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1991
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Other business support services · since 2009
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2012
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 1994
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Dienst Onthaalouders Oudenaarde Junior · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Oudenaarde · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2009
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Brecht · since 1994