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.
“ETECBA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Nivelles · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1978
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 1960
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Name of an establishment of Mobix Engetec · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Manage · since 1986
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Abbreviation of European Countries Biologists Association · Namur · since 1991
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1993
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Abbreviation of "ENTRE TERRE ET CIEL" · la gombe · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herentals · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · La Louvière · since 2025
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Elsene · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Etudes et Techniques commerciales · Elsene · since 1977
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Geel · since 1997
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Bernissart · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of ERLICH JOERI · Site preparation · As · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Maldegem · since 2010
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Raeren · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2017