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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.

“Edemcar”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Edemcar same name
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wevelgem · since 2022
  • EDEM-CARE very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Koekelberg · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • E-dem similar
    Computer programming · Ohey · since 2019
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2021
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2017
  • EDEMA similar
    Landscape service activities · Durbuy · since 2024
  • Edemo similar
    Gent · since 2025
  • EMCA similar
    Joinery installation · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1996
  • Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2019
  • EMCA similar
    Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · De Haan · since 2020
  • EdeMa similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Eric de la Porte Management · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hannut · since 2013

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