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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.

“ELKAA”

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  • 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.

  • ELKAA same name
    Other postal and courier activities · Diest · since 2023
  • ELKAAR very similar
    Tervuren · since 2017
  • ELKA 2 very similar
    Name of an establishment of ELKA · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
  • ELKAR very similar
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
  • ELKAR very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Wevelgem · since 2016
  • Elkar (sole trader) very similar
    Psychology services · since 2017
  • Elkama very similar
    Name of an establishment of ELKAMA B.M. · Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2014
  • EL KAR very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
  • ELK AM very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • EL. KA similar
    Name of an establishment of Eric Lammée Kommunikatie en Advertising · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1980
  • ELKA similar
    Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Lede · since 1986
  • ELKA similar
    Name of an establishment of ELVO · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Nijlen · since 1987
  • ELKA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Malmedy · since 1988
  • ELKA similar
    Name of an establishment of Malmar Handel · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1993
  • Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1996
  • ELKA similar
    Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2023
  • ELKA similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lier · since 2024
  • ELKANO similar
    Plumbing work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1988
  • ELKAVI similar
    Ukkel · since 1993
  • Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2018
  • Retail sale of other household articles · since 2018
  • Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
  • Elkapi similar
    Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2022
  • ELK similar
    Abbreviation of Europese Landen Konferentie · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1988
  • ELK similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1986
  • ELKABEL similar
    Scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 1990
  • EL KARAM similar
    Antwerpen · since 1991
  • EL KARAM similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2016
  • EL.KASMI similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
  • EL-KASBA similar
    Gent · since 2005
  • ELKAPRO similar
    General electrical installation work · Deinze · since 2023
  • ELKANOA similar
    Forging of metal · Zwevegem · since 2024
  • Elktraa similar
    Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1985
  • Elka similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1948
  • ELKA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 1989
  • ELKA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2017

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