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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Expectea”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Expectea same name
    Computer programming · Vorselaar · since 2021
  • EXPECT very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Stekene · since 1992
  • EXPECT very similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Grez-Doiceau · since 2000
  • EXPECT very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Liège · since 2014
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Expecto similar
    Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2019
  • EXPECTO similar
    Name of an establishment of DRYSOLUTIONS · Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Ternat · since 2011
  • EXPECT ME similar
    Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • ExpectIT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jabbeke · since 2005
  • Expect More similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · Kontich · since 2019
  • EXPECTSAFER similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Esneux · since 2024

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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