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.
“Efeka”
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.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Grobbendonk · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jette · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Efika Engineering · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Association europeenne des fabricants d'émulsifiants alimentaires · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Temse · since 2005
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Plumbing work · Oudenaarde · since 2008
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of EURO FISH EQUIPMENT · Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Fleurus · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Westerlo · since 2000
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Gent · since 2001
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Abbreviation of ENERGIE-KEURING & ADVIES · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Oudsbergen · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2002
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Demolition · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Freight transport by road · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Sankt Vith · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Zoersel · since 1979
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Ukkel · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020