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.
“ELAIR”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Péruwelz · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Willebroek · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Willebroek · since 1968
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since 1968
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Eupen · since 1985
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of ALIFRAN · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Charleroi · since 1992
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Zemst · since 1996
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Brussel · since 1998
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Zaventem · since 1998
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General cleaning of buildings · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Houyet · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Yvoir · since 1988
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · Liège · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · La Louvière · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2022
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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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Arlon · since 1984
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Brussel · since 1999
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Elsene · since 2023
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · De Haan · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · Arlon · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Crisnée · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Temse · since 2018