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.
“ELCANO”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · Haaltert · since 2022
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 1988
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Plumbing work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1988
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Oostende · since 1999
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Computer programming · Edegem · since 2001
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Boom · since 2002
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Ieper · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of ELVANO IMMO · Business and other management consultancy · Lebbeke · since 2011
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Other retail sale of food · since 2005
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Raising of horses and other equines · Stekene · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Poperinge · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Zulte · since 1994
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since 2000
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Abbreviation of European Landscape Contractors Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Benthuizen · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Asse · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wichelen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Enseignement Libre Catholique Bastogne · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Bastogne · since 1982
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Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Herselt · since 2022
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Schaarbeek · since 1968