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.
“TROTEC”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Veurne · since 1986
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Pelt · since 2015
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · HEINSBERG · since 2019
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Wholesale of machine tools · Enter · since 2014
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Heusden-Zolder · since 1999
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Arendonk · since 2009
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2005
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HEINSBERG · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Kasterlee · since 1989
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Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Hoogstraten · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of VERLAB · General electrical installation work · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Willebroek · since 2011
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Liège · since 1998
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2020
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Elsene · since 2010
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Tectum Construction Technics · Roofing work · Ath · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
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General electrical installation work · Aalst · since 2005