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.
“ELAR”
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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Activities of lawyers · Schilde · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Ohey · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Haacht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE LEADER POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL · Wemmel · since 2009
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Other education · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ELA Reasearch Belgium · Verlaine · since 2007
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Wholesale of other food products · Brussel · since 2024
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Wemmel · since 2026
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Other tax advisory services · since 2026
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Psychology services · since 2026
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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 2025
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General electrical installation work · Temse · since 2022
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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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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2006
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Büllingen · since 2006
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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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General medical practice · Ukkel · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Ardooie · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1977
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since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Willebroek · since 2023
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LILLE · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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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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Nursing and midwifery · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2000
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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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Abbreviation · Machining of metals · Genk · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2020
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Combined facilities support activities · Lokeren · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Thuin · since 2021
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Deinze · 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