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.
“ETINA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · La Bruyère · since 2008
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Raising of other animals · Oudsbergen · since 2026
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Amsterdam · since 1983
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Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2014
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Computer programming · Heuvelland · since 2022
Names that resemble it 19 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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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 ETABLISSEMENTS BASTIN A. · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Trooz · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ohey · since 1986
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Waterloo · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Truiden · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of VDS CONCEPTS · Machining of metals · Izegem · since 1987
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Dalhem · since 2014
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · since 2005
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1964