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.
“ELKAAR”
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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Tervuren · since 2017
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
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Activities of lawyers · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · Diest · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Eric Lammée Kommunikatie en Advertising · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Lede · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of ELVO · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Nijlen · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Malmedy · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Malmar Handel · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1993
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1996
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2023
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lier · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2013
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Plumbing work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1988
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Ukkel · since 1993
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2018
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ELKAMA B.M. · Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2014
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1948
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 1989
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since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2023