Name check

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.

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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

33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of E.T.C. EUROPA TECHNICS & Cie · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1978
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of Association pour l'Education, la Thérapie et la Créativité · Brussel · since 1980
ETC same name

Abbreviation of Essense Tennisclub Inter · Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Essen · since 1983
ETC same name

Buying and selling of own real estate · Lochristi · since 1984
E.T.C. same name

Name of an establishment of E T C - ETUDES ET TECHNIQUES SPECIALES DE CONSTRUCTION · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Couvin · since 1986
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of ETCETERA · Stavelot · since 1987
Etc same name

Abbreviation of Et Caetera · General construction of residential buildings · Glabbeek · since 1988
E.T.C. same name

Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · De Haan · since 1989
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of EURO TAX CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Beauvechain · since 1990
ETC same name

Abbreviation of Expertise Topographie Cordier · Land surveying · Pont-à-Celles · since 1990
E.T.C. same name

Support activities for crop production · Ronse · since 1993
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of ELECTRO TECHNISCH CENTER · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Izegem · since 1995
ETC same name

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TRANSLATION CONSORTIUM · Nijmegen · since 1996
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TRADING COMPANY · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Eupen · since 1999
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of Espaces Tourisme & Culture · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Stavelot · since 1999
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TECHNIQUES CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2002
ETC same name

Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES CHAINES THEMATIQUES - EUROPEAN THEMATIC CHANNELS ASSOCIATION · Vorst · since 2002
ETC same name

Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of EURO TRADE CENTRE · since 2013
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TRADE CONSULT · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2017
E.T.C same name

Abbreviation of EURO TRADING CONCEPT · Wholesale of machine tools · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2018
ETC (sole trader) same name

Joinery installation · since 2015
ETC same name

Charleroi · since 2009
ETC same name

Name of an establishment of EURO TRADE COMPANY · Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2005
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2024
E.T.C. same name

Abbreviation of EMBRECHTS TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
ETC same name

Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2026
E.T.C. same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of Euro Truckine Cy · Antwerpen · since 1968
ETC same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
ETC same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
ETC same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of EURO TECHNO CONCEPT · since 2021
ETC same namein bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of EUROSIAN TRADING COMPANY · MINSK · since 2010
eten etc. very similar

Contract catering and other food service activities · Pelt · since 2024

Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

ETCS similar

Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Werkgelegenheid, Arbeid en Sociaal Overleg · Federale overheid · Anderlecht · since 1968
ETCM similar

Abbreviation of feel rouge · Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Heusden-Zolder · since 1981
ETCI similar

General electrical installation work · Büllingen · since 1993
E.T.C.O. similar

Business and other management consultancy · Pepingen · since 1997
ETCL similar

Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2014
ETCO similar

Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TRAUMA COURSE ORGANISATION · Niel · since 2013
ETTC (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2004
ETTC similar

Abbreviation of European Tourism and Trade Center · Travel agency activities · since 2023
ETCAR similar

On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2018
ETCMA similar

Abbreviation of European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association · Utrecht · since 2005
E.T. similar

Abbreviation of ENERGY TECHNOLOGY · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Gent · since 1982
ET similar

Trade name of ELECTRO - TEST · Other business support services · Steenokkerzeel · since 1987
E²T similar

Retail sale of wines and spirits · Haacht · since 1995
E.T. similar

Abbreviation of ELITE THERAPY · Nutrition and dietetics services · Rixensart · since 2001
ET similar

Abbreviation of ELECTRO - TEST · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Steenokkerzeel · since 2003
ET (sole trader) similar

Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015
ET similar

Abbreviation of Ellen's Thuisverpleging · Nursing and midwifery · Maasmechelen · since 2018
E.T. similar

Abbreviation of Events Trotters · Namur · since 2019
E.T. similar

Abbreviation of ELEK TIM · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2019
E.T. similar

Abbreviation of ERIS TRANSPORT · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2020
E.T. similar

Abbreviation of ETOILE TAMINOISE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sambreville · since 1985
E.T. similar

Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 2023
ET similar

Abbreviation of Est-Traditional · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Turnhout · since 2012
E.T. similar

Abbreviation of ECLIPSE TELECOM · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Bredene · since 2012
E.T.C.T. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE TRAVAUX CONSTRUCTIONS TORTORICI · General construction of residential buildings · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2002
E.T.C.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · since 2021
ET similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of Elcks Thuys · Antwerpen · since 1991
E.T. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of EDGARD TIJTGAT · Maarkedal · since 1992

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