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.
“ETOP”
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2006
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Roofing work · Lievegem · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · Namur · since 1983
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TRADING OFFICE · Herstal · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ETOS BELGIE · Other retail sale of food · Zaandam · since 1988
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TOURISM ASSOCIATION · Travel agency activities · Brussel · since 2013
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Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Wommelgem · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Malmedy · since 2024
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Oostende · since 2025
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Land surveying · Ganshoren · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of DANIOLI · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Binche · since 2017
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Mettet · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Chièvres · since 2025
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1988
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1959