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.
“ETHEL”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Raising of sheep and goats · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1988
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Ferrières · since 1989
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Ieper · since 2012
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Retail sale of antiques · Charleroi · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Roemeense Christelijke Kerk "Bethel" · Ardooie · since 2010
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Other education · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2006
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EVANGELISCHE BAPTISTEN GEMEENTE BETH-EL · Genk · since 1972
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Pajottegem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Beaumont · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Ecole de Tambour d'Houdeng · La Louvière · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · Jodoigne · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ETHERNA IMMUNOTHERAPIES · Other research and development on natural sciences · Niel · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Lasne · since 2018
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Veurne · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ACB Invest · Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Assyrische Christelijke Gemeenschap BETH-EL · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Bertem · since 2015
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Elsene · since 2014