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.
“Effes”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Other photographic activities · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1987
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Aalter · since 2014
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Brussel · since 1993
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ANTALYA · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1988
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since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of AKCAN · Hairdressing and barber services · Aartselaar · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of EFESIM · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kinrooi · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ZERIN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudsbergen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vosselaar · since 2006
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Logistics services · Schilde · since 1977
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Niel · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Zottegem · since 2022
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Lochristi · since 2012
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Abbreviation of European Forum for Electroconvulsive Therapy · Kortenberg · since 2006
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN FOOD FORUM · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ukkel · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2000
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Interior design · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Waregem · since 2007
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2026
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Pajottegem · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Zelzate · since 1992
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · since 2005