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.
“ELGAS”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Haaltert · since 1979
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Pelt · since 2008
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Deinze · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of E.L.I.A.S. · Agents and brokers in banking services · Herent · since 2008
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2008
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · Lochristi · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1978
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Niklaas · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2001
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Abbreviation of El Gato Real Estate · Development of non-residential building projects · Leuven · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ELECTRO LOGISTICS GROUP · Freight transport by road · Evergem · since 2011
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Brussel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Huelgas Ensemble · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Leuven · since 1993
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Blégny · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Zedelgem · since 2008
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2025
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025