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.
“ETEX”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Zaventem · since 1947
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Abbreviation of ETUDES ET EXPANSION · Other business support services · Liège · since 1984
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Enghien-Les-Bains · since 1999
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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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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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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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1992
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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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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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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Manhay · since 2017
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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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Finishing of textiles · Ingelmunster · since 1968
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Hulshout · since 1981
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Other tax advisory services · Ardooie · since 1989
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Braine-le-Comte · since 1998
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Roosdaal · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of SFMJ GROUPE · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Wemmel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VETEX VETERAN FOOTBALL CLUB · Other amusement and recreation activities · Hemiksem · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Interbedrijfs - Medische Dienst voor de Tekstielreiniginsbedrijven · Antwerpen · since 1967
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wijnegem · since 1981
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Goes · since 1983
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Binche · since 1985
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Risk and damage evaluation · Deinze · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Pecq · since 2009