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.
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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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Etterbeek · since 1988
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · since 1977
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1976
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other printing · since 2015
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Oudsbergen · since 1947
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN STEEL DISTRIBUTION · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Liège · since 2002
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Herent · since 2002
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Abbreviation of ELEKTROTECHNIEK SPRIET DEINZE · Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Deinze · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ENGINEERING SPRUYT DIDIER · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Huldenberg · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Engineering Services Daniels · General electrical installation work · Lubbeek · since 2016
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2019
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Translation services · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Embedded System Designers · Business and other management consultancy · Braives · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Fléron · since 2009
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Abbreviation of East Side Devils · Eupen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ELECTRICAL SERVICES DEPONDT · General electrical installation work · Staden · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Torhout · since 2006
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lennik · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ENDOCRINE SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT · Houffalize · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Ecole Supérieure en Danse · Grez-Doiceau · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Sprimont · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ENGINEERING SERVICES DE SCHRIJVER · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Ternat · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Charleroi · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · since 2009
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Haacht · since 1972