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.
“EVIPA”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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Kortenberg · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Berlare · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of MOL - INGELBEEN · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Moorslede · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamois · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Beringen · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hasselt · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Grimbergen · since 2005
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Evergem · since 2007
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Schoten · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Deinze · since 2024
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Asse · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association vietnamienne des Personnes agées · Brussel · since 1991
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Mechelen · since 1992
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Kontich · since 1972
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Abbreviation of EV SERVICE & ONDERHOUD INDUSTRIEPOORTEN · Joinery installation · Lanaken · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Elektrische Verwarmingsinstallateurs · Kontich · since 1987
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lommel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SA VIPA NV · Insurance agents and brokers · Jette · since 1989
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Harelbeke · since 1990
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Plumbing work · Herent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Schoten · since 2009
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Asse · since 2025