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.
“NEPEC”
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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Brussel · since 1985
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Gerpinnes · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Christian European Parents - Parents Européens Chrétiens · Leuven · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Natuur en Milieu Edukatief Centrum · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1990
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Teelt van druiven · Wasseiges · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heusden-Zolder · since 2015
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Abbreviation of NELEC GENERALE · General electrical installation work · Rebecq · since 2022
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Ieper · since 2006
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Fernelmont · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Overijse · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Negative Emissions Platform · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Brussel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Network Engineering Construction · Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2004