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.
“Emtrade”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Temse · since 2017
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1996
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Hensies · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CARLOS HERMAN · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Niklaas · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of De Lovie · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Poperinge · since 1922
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN PROMOTIONAL TRADE SERVICE · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1986
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Raising of dairy cattle · Roeselare · since 2017
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Other business support services · Oud-Heverlee · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2024
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Other legal services · Brussel · since 2025
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Pont-à-Celles · since 2009
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Herbeumont · since 2025
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Gent · since 2004
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Bree · since 1992
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 2012
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LAPPEENRANTA · since 2017
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2019
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Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2019
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Koekelberg · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Wemmel · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Genk · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Sankt Vith · since 2023
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Brussel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of ALTRADE · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2006
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zaventem · since 2024
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Gent · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Koekelare · since 2026
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Ukkel · since 1975
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Barcelona · since 2017
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Genk · since 2022
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Geel · since 2023