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.
“ETAC”
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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Abbreviation of European Trading and Agency Company · Logistics services · Schoten · since 1975
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Office administrative and support services · Nijlen · since 1996
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Heerenveen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Etienne Alain Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2025
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Kapellen · since 2003
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kruisem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TEAM · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ukkel · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herselt · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 1993
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2012
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1985
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · MAASSLUIS · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY AERTSEN · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Brecht · since 2015
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Abbreviation of EVERT TALLOEN AUTOMATION · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Herzele · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ELLEN TEMMERMAN ARCHITECTE · Activities of building architects · Couvin · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Boom · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Société Belge Etam · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Etterbeek · since 1928
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Abbreviation of ETAP - HOTELS INTERNATIONAL · Paris · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of ASSOCIATION DE TECHNICIENS AUTOMOBILES INDEPENDANTS · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nivelles · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Genk · since 1998
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Lochristi · since 2002
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Abbreviation of European Tax Adviser Federation · Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Rêves de Nature · Socio-cultural adult education · Yvoir · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Equitation de Travail Arbeids Paardrijden · Braine-le-Château · since 2018
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Other business support services · Brecht · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Ardooie · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes et d'Actions · Visé · since 1987
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since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Assenede · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · Verlaine · since 2014
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Insulation installation · Izegem · since 2020
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Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes techniques Aménagement et Construction · Virton · since 1974