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.
“EVK”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of ELECTRO VERHAEGHE KNOCKAERT · General electrical installation work · Wervik · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Edmond Verstraeten - Kunstschilder · Waasmunster · since 1997
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Landen · since 2010
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Physiotherapy · Diepenbeek · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Lommel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of EVOLUTION VERTICALE · Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1999
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Abbreviation of AD ETERNAM VIVERE · Book publishing · Spa · since 2003
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Abbreviation of ELONG-VISION · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of EUROVISAGE · Baarle-Hertog · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Eventus · Other amusement and recreation activities · Kortenberg · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ENTENTE VERLAINOISE · Verlaine · since 2004
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Media representation · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Equilibre Vital · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025