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.
“ELIFINE”
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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brugge · since 2025
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Luxembourg · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2005
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2022
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schoten · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of VANDENBUSSCHE ROB · Freight transport by road · Ieper · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2008
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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 · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2024
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · since 2014