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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“EVN”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • EVN same name
    Freight transport by road · Brasschaat · since 2015
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1994
  • EVN same name
    Abbreviation of EVO-LUTION · Brussel · since 2019
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2022
  • EVN same name
    Groothandel in werkkleding · Oudenaarde · since 2009
  • EVN 79 very similar
    Name of an establishment of EVN79 · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zaventem · since 2015
  • EVN'FUN very similar
    Name of an establishment of RG GESTION · Other business support services · Wanze · since 2015
  • EVN Fun very similar
    Name of an establishment of EVN SERVICES · Cafés and bars · Wanze · since 2019
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • EVNG similar
    Other building finishing work · Kraainem · since 2024
  • E³V similar
    General electrical installation work · Lommel · since 1995
  • EV similar
    Abbreviation of EVOLUTION VERTICALE · Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1999
  • E.V. similar
    Abbreviation of AD ETERNAM VIVERE · Book publishing · Spa · since 2003
  • E-V similar
    Abbreviation of ELONG-VISION · Liège · since 2017
  • EV similar
    Abbreviation of EUROVISAGE · Baarle-Hertog · since 2018
  • EV similar
    Abbreviation of Eventus · Other amusement and recreation activities · Kortenberg · since 2022
  • E.V. similar
    Abbreviation of ENTENTE VERLAINOISE · Verlaine · since 2004
  • EV similar
    Media representation · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
  • EV similar
    Abbreviation of Equilibre Vital · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025

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