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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.

“EXCERT”

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

17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • EXCERT same name
    Other business support services · Affligem · since 2023
  • Exert very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2018
  • ECERT very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diksmuide · since 2009
  • E-CERT very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Londerzeel · since 2009
  • Expert very similar
    Name of an establishment of Demesmacre · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Bierbeek · since 1963
  • EXCEPT very similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wevelgem · since 1990
  • EXPERT very similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Middelkerke · since 1995
  • EXPERT very similar
    Name of an establishment of PILA · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Huy · since 2000
  • EXPERT very similar
    Screed work · Oudergem · since 2013
  • EXPERT very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • Market research and public opinion polling · since 1985
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
  • Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2002
  • EN² CERT very similar
    Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2009
  • E-XPERT very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 2009
  • EXPERT very similar
    Name of an establishment of AUDOLO · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Huy · since 2010
  • ExperT very similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Aalst · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2004
  • EXCEX similar
    Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Evere · since 2024
  • EXCESS similar
    Sports and recreation education · Meise · since 2000
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
  • EXCESS similar
    General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2022
  • EXCEED similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Kalmthout · since 2008
  • CERT similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
  • Lex Certa similar
    Activities of lawyers · Kortenaken · since 2024
  • Excerpta similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Beerse · since 1982
  • Excel similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 1988

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