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.
“ELIF”
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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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 2020
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Lokeren · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Laureins · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Electronique et Informatique · Other retail sale of new goods · Merbes-le-Château · since 1989
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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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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Oostende · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Luxembourg · since 1997
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Dental practice · Kortrijk · since 2016
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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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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 2018
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Abbreviation of European Lithium Institute · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Genk · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LAW INSTITUTE · Brussel · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2005
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brugge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of EASYLIFE IN BRUSSELS · Real estate agency activities · Overijse · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 1985
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Keerbergen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Herk-de-Stad · since 1988
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Hasselt · since 1990
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Liège · since 1991
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Poperinge · since 1992
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Binche · since 1993
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Dental practice · Waasmunster · since 2001
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 2002
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Abbreviation of european language industry association · Other education · Elsene · since 2017
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Schilde · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2019
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Other business support services · Harelbeke · since 2021
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Quaregnon · since 2022
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Other business support services · Kapellen · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Beringen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Izegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EF EQUINE LAMENESS INVESTIGATION & PARTNERS · Veterinary services · Lasne · since 2008
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Hasselt · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Ypsilon · Full-service restaurants · Evergem · since 2007
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Nijlen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Laarne · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2018
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Elsene · since 1995
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Other specialised construction activities · Genk · since 2021
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Mouscron · since 2004