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.
“ELAUT”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Sint-Niklaas · since 1977
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lennik · since 2015
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2008
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since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Wholesale of live animals · since 2005
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · since 1999
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Event catering · since 2018
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Wichelen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2010
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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 · Ninove · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Héron · since 2016
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Other building finishing work · Evergem · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Enghien · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Temse · since 2018