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Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“EcomDirect”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • EcomDirect same name
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · since 2017
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • E-DIRECT similar
    Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Duffel · since 2024
  • M+M Direct similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zutendaal · since 2017
  • CM Direct similar
    Name of an establishment of Christelijke Mutualiteit Vlaanderen · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Schaarbeek · since 2004
  • DIRECT similar
    Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
  • DIRECT similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2012
  • DI-RECT similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2006
  • ECOM similar
    Abbreviation of EMERGENCY CORPS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA · Schaarbeek · since 2002
  • ECOM similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Zottegem · since 2016
  • E-COM similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2020
  • ECO-M similar
    Activities of holding companies · Namur · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • BM DIRECT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of BM DIRECT TITRES SERVICES · Employment placement agencies · Andenne · since 2009

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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