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.
“NERC”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Bree · since 2021
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Abbreviation of NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL · SWINDON WILTS · since 1984
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Never Ending Roads · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Lummen · since 1979
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 1979
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Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of NERF interieur · Joinery installation · Hoogstraten · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Site preparation · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Dentergem · since 2016
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Vorst · since 2021
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1997
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Zonhoven · since 2006
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Other building finishing work · since 2013
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Abbreviation of NALINNES EVENT RALLYE ORGANISATIONS · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2007
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2007
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schoten · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Nexus of Enduring Resilience & Valor · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of LM NERO · Leuven · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zottegem · since 2023
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Screed work · Zele · since 1996