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.
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Zedelgem · since 1991
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Europe - Afrique australe · Etterbeek · since 1980
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Waterloo · since 1997
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Brugge · since 2025
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Menen · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 1996
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Wijnegem · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Société Européenne de Bâtiment · Valenciennes · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Association européenne de Catalyse - European Association on Catalysis · Namur · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Zwevegem · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Frameries · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Florennes · since 1991
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General cleaning of buildings · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of A.C.S. · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Waasmunster · since 1996
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Abbreviation of THE EUROPEAN GAMING AND AMUSEMENT FEDERATION · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of L'association des fabricants européens d'accumulateurs automobiles et industriels · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Name of La Criée · Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Support activities for crop production · Brussel · since 2005
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · La Ciotat · since 2018
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Abbreviation of europese personeelsvereniging van de instellingen voor sociale zekerheid-ivzw euros · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1991
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of DE STRALENDE PIJL · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Grimbergen · since 2018
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since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of EUROSUN KEUKENS · Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1988
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Walcourt · since 1990
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Brussel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of European Association of Silica Producers · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1996
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Terville · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Rixensart · since 2018
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Other construction installation · Maaseik · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Paris · since 2011
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FORUM · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MODELLING AND SIMULATION SOCIETY · Oostende · since 2005
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Abbreviation of European Chapter of the Special Interest Group on Operating Systems of the Association for Computing Machinery · Vorst · since 2005
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Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2026
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Other retail sale of food · Herstal · since 2026
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Ronse · since 1978
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Abbreviation of EURO PLUS BELGIUM · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Colfontaine · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wuustwezel · since 2012
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Kortrijk · since 1989