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.
“Emerance”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other printing · Ukkel · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2003
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
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since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Other printing · since 2008
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since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Grasse · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zedelgem · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of EMERA PA · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Beersel · since 2024
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Tournai · since 1978
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Mouscron · since 1981
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Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 1987
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Seraing · since 1993
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Zaventem · since 1994
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Brussel · since 1997
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Seneffe · since 1999
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Virton · since 2000
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Vocational training · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Emergence Féminine · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Duala · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2013
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Koksijde · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tervuren · since 2011
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 1995
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since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Gent · since 2007
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Brecht · since 2008
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2026
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Charleroi · since 1953
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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since 2020