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.
“ELIRO”
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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Ukkel · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalter · since 2013
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aalter · since 2023
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 1973
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Waterloo · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Torhout · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Tielt-Winge · since 2008
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Moorslede · since 2024
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Wavre · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Verviers · since 2012
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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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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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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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LAW INSTITUTE · Brussel · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2001