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.
“ELAB”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Thuin · since 2021
Names that resemble it 62 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2016
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Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Etudes, loisirs et animations Boitsfort · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2008
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Verviers · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Gent · since 2025
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Brecht · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Europese Juristenvereniging · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1992
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LIFT ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1999
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Abbreviation of European Logistics Association · Book publishing · Brussel · since 1999
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 2015
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Stabroek · since 2016
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Day nurseries and crèches · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of EXCELLENCE VEHICULES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Profondeville · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Ex Leiding Assent · Bekkevoort · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ELA VZW · Other membership organisations · Grimbergen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ELA, Soins à domicile · Nursing and midwifery · Couvin · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Alliance de la Gauche Européenne pour les Peuples et la Planète · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Elsene · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Eva Lippens Avocate · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of El Al Israël Airlines Limited · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Tel Aviv · since 1968
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Abbreviation of European Lorrang Aircraft Corporation · Brussel · since 1980
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General electrical installation work · Incourt · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Abbreviation of ZELFHULP-LEERGROEP ELAN · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LASER APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS · Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Mouscron · since 1989
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Oosterhout · since 1993
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1996
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Activities of lawyers · Schilde · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2000
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2017
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · since 1989
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Office administrative and support services · Grimbergen · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Machining of metals · Genk · since 2019
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Combined facilities support activities · Lokeren · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Wichelen · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Liège · since 2022
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General medical practice · Brugge · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Merchtem · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1965
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of European Literacy for All Network · Other membership organisations · Mons · since 2024
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Site preparation · Andenne · since 2025
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Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Temse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LINER AGENCIES NETWORK · Antwerpen · since 1997