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.
“ELF”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of European Lacrosse Federation · Lievegem · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Entre Les Filles · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lommel · since 2011
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Entreprises Léonard frères · Chaudfontaine · since 1937
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Roofing work · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Abbreviation of European Local Fibre Alliance · Brussel · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere gereedschapswerktuigen · Berlare · since 2009
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2003
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Abbreviation of European Lease and Finance Company · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Laakdal · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Entraide Logistique et financière pour une enfance sereine · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hamois · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Oostende · since 2022
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ELFIN DENTAL · Dental practice · Kontich · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2004
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Voeren · since 2006
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ESTEE LAUDER · Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Westerlo · since 1965
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of ERIC LOWIE · Photography, excluding press photography · Brussel · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kampenhout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of EuroLatino · Liège · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Ethical Life · Oostende · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · Ranst · since 2018
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Abbreviation of El Laboristo · Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · Gent · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Ezer Latalmid · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Handel in elektriciteit · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ENFANTS LUNE · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Etres en lien · Liège · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Electro Physical Manufacturing Company · Antwerpen · since 1964
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Computer programming · Aalst · since 2016