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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Edition Promotion Entreprise · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Genappe · since 1970
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Abbreviation of EMANCIPE · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Brussel · since 1969
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Abbreviation of EGLISE PROTESTANTE EVANGELIQUE · Colfontaine · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of LES EDITIONS PROFESSIONNELLES EUROPEENNES · Book publishing · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Abbreviation of eglise pentecotiste emanuel · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Energy Production Europe · Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Wijnegem · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Mol · since 2018
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Other printing · Kontich · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Union d'Improvisation Théâtrale · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of IN THE KITCHEN · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Malle · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Association européenne en Electronique de Puissance et Entraînements électriques · Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ENVIRONMENT POLICY EUROPE · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Laureins · since 2022
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Quévy · since 2026