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.
“ERTECO”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Verviers · since 1987
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2016
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Construction of roads and motorways · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Olen · since 2017
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Schoten · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Etudes et Techniques commerciales · Elsene · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Energies Renouvelables et Economiques · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Welkenraedt · since 2011
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Rotterdam · since 1980
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Heuvelland · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kinrooi · since 1988
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ROAD TRANSPORT TELEMATICS IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATION ORGANISATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Elsene · since 1991
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Schoten · since 1998
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Westerlo · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Evergem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hengelo · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of ERTEL - C.B.S. · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Huldenberg · since 1988
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Charleroi · since 2015
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 1997
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lier · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Liège · since 2023