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.
“ETEM”
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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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Manhay · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ENDURANCE TEAM ENGHIEN · Enghien · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Engineering Technology Empowerment · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ETEMAD FOODS & DRINKS · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oostende · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Blankenberge · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Zaventem · since 1947
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 1960
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Abbreviation of ETUDES ET EXPANSION · Other business support services · Liège · since 1984
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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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Waterloo · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Société d'Exploration et de Traitements Endocriniens et Gynécologiques · Ans · since 1989
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1993
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Enghien-Les-Bains · since 1999
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Abbreviation of European Teacher Education Network · Hasselt · since 2018
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Abbreviation of "ENTRE TERRE ET CIEL" · la gombe · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Herentals · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2025
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2011
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since 2017
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Abbreviation of Zua Mangwana · Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Villers-la-Ville · since 1996