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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ERNEST”

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.

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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

42 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ERNESTINE similar
    Development of residential building projects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2002
  • Ernestine similar
    Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Eksternest (sole trader) similar
    Literary creation · since 2017
  • ErnestSong similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
  • ERNIVEST similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Thimister-Clermont · since 2019
  • ERNEL similar
    Retail sale of lighting equipment · Geraardsbergen · since 2007
  • Supernest similar
    Manufacture of jewellery · Brussel · since 2015
  • Ernes, Ilse (sole trader) similar
    Mixed farming · since 2009
  • Akkernest similar
    Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Heuvelland · since 2009
  • Ambernest similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2007
  • ERNELL similar
    Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Temse · since 1979
  • ERNENS (sole trader) similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2011
  • WILDERNEST similar
    Joinery installation · Ukkel · since 2016
  • Wildernest similar
    Day nurseries and crèches · Oostende · since 2017
  • Jef Ternest similar
    Physiotherapy · Roeselare · since 2022
  • WanderNest similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 2025
  • Zilvernest similar
    Activiteiten van dagcentra voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Ichtegem · since 2025

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