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.
“ERNELL”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Temse · since 1979
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Geraardsbergen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Visual arts creation · since 2025
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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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since 2021
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Charleroi · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of SGS Centres Communautaires · Full-service restaurants · Bütgenbach · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aubel · since 2022
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Youth work associations · Dentergem · since 1978
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Leuven · since 1983
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1991
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Oud-Turnhout · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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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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Full-service restaurants · Eupen · since 2018