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.
“ETRI”
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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Other information technology and computer services · Deinze · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · Daejeon · since 1992
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hove · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes et de Réalisations Immobilières · since 1968
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Rombach · since 1998
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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VUGHT · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ramillies · since 2006
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Abbreviation of El Toro Rojo · Schoten · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Roosdaal · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · Waasmunster · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Etudes, Travaux, Réalisations, Automations · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 1990
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Abbreviation of European Textile Rental Association · Asse · since 1991
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Liège · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ERGO TUA RURA MANEBUNT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Evergem · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · Grobbendonk · since 2012
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Activities of head offices · Zulte · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN TRAVEL RETAIL CONFEDERATION · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Conceptions, Etudes et Réalisations immobilières · Ittre · since 1967
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Abbreviation of GENERATION TRILENIUM · Ganshoren · since 2005
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Insulation installation · Tubize · since 2025
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Bonheiden · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Malmedy · since 2021
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990