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.
“ETIB”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Olen · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Rumst · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Rumst · since 2006
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ENERG TRADE INVEST · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Couvin · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of INSUR.BE · Insurance agents and brokers · Attert · since 1993
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Abbreviation of European Trade and Investment · Overige kredietverstrekking n.e.g. · Zaventem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Expertises Travaux Industries · General electrical installation work · Seraing · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Rombach-Martelange · since 2008
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Abbreviation of European Technology Institute · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oostende · since 2003
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Abbreviation of AUTONOOM GEMEENTEBEDRIJF ELEKTRICITEITSNET IZEGEM · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Izegem · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Entreprise de Travaux industriels et maritimes · La Ciotat · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of SPORTIM · Operation of sports facilities · Waterloo · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Europe Télématique Information Conseil · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EURASIAN TRADING INVESTMENT COMPANY · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ganshoren · since 1989
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Etterbeek · since 1990
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TAPE INDUSTRY COUNCIL - CONSEIL EUROPEEN DE L'INDUSTRIE DE LA BANDE MAGNETIQUE · Brussel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of European Transactions and Investments Company · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Stichting e - and - telecommunications information services · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Rotterdam · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2017
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Abbreviation of european Training Integration Organisation · since 2020
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TIMBER INDUSTRIES CONFEDERATION · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Wommelgem · since 2004
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Abbreviation of SMET INTERIEUR EN BOUW · Joinery installation · Zulte · since 2004