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.
“ELIN”
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 pharmaceutical and medical goods · Herk-de-Stad · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Elsene · since 1995
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schoten · since 1996
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY · Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Evere · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Essen · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rotselaar · since 2019
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Trade name of ELINO Elektriciteitswerken · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VANDENBUSSCHE ROB · Freight transport by road · Ieper · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Computer programming · Heuvelland · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Elsene · since 2004
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Electronique et Informatique · Other retail sale of new goods · Merbes-le-Château · since 1989
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since 1991
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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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Advertising agencies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Luxembourg · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Dental practice · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Stabroek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of European Lithium Institute · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Genk · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2021
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Houthulst · since 2022
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Bree · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Beyne-Heusay · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Hasselt · since 2023
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Trade name of Investimento · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Mechelen · since 2009
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Other business support services · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2005
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2025
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2023
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Vorselaar · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2016
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since 2018
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Other construction installation · Aalter · since 2019