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.
“ELIA”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Keerbergen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of european language industry association · Other education · Elsene · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of STITAS · Full-service restaurants · Halle · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Ypsilon · Full-service restaurants · Evergem · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Laarne · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · since 2017
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luxembourg · since 2008
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2025
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ELIAS - LIGNY ASSURANCES ET FILS · Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Duffel · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Nijlen · since 2013
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since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Merchtem · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Ternat · since 2021
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Herent · since 2008
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2011
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Literary creation · since 2005
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2008
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hasselt · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Other business support services · Schilde · since 2025
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Blankenberge · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Electronique et Informatique · Other retail sale of new goods · Merbes-le-Château · since 1989
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Eric Liekens Informatica · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ECO-LOGIC INDUSTRIES · Other building finishing work · VLAARDINGEN · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2001
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
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Dental practice · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Ukkel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Espace de Littératures Illustrées · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Elsene · since 2017
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Other retail sale of food · Andenne · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sombreffe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of European Lithium Institute · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Genk · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Elikia-Give Hope · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Eghezée · since 2010
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LAW INSTITUTE · Brussel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of IN DE WULF · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2007
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Dental practice · Brussel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Soignies · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2021