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.
“ELANCE”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Verviers · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Electronics antenne Cy · Brussel · since 1968
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Lokeren · since 2016
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Other sports activities · since 2020
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Vocational training · Esneux · since 2022
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ZELFHULP-LEERGROEP ELAN · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Oosterhout · since 1993
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Nursing and midwifery · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2000
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Brussel · since 2002
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of DE PREZ MARCEL EN GUNTHER · Retail sale of footwear · Geraardsbergen · since 1972
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2010
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Office administrative and support services · Grimbergen · since 2015
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Eghezée · since 2022
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General medical practice · Brugge · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Merchtem · since 2010
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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 1967
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1965
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2006
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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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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2024
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Kraainem · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of WINDSOR · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Seneffe · since 1986
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Herentals · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Blankenberge · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Lokeren · since 2013
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1996
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brugge · since 2026
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LINER AGENCIES NETWORK · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Genappe · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2000