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.
“ELBU”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · De Panne · since 2026
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Anderlecht · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Merchtem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Educatieve Lichaamsbeweging · Other education · Diepenbeek · since 1996
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5301 la zaltbommel · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · Kalmthout · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ELB Projects · General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2025
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Alveringem · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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General electrical installation work · Asse · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Roosdaal · since 2002
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lommel · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Vorst · since 2018
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Izegem · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Seneffe · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BART HERTOGS · Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Brecht · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
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Pig breeding farms · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · Brasschaat · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Greystone · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Deerlijk · since 2018
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of BLACK HORSE DEVELOPMENT · Buying and selling of own real estate · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of NAYMA FOOD INVEST · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019