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.
“ELLU”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Ignace Buelens · Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tessenderlo · since 2024
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1966
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Abbreviation of ASBL Ecole Libre St Lambert de Ligny · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Sombreffe · since 1987
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Londerzeel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Eurolinguaunie · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ENTENTE LA LOUVE · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Soumagne · since 2015
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wavre · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Staden · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lebbeke · since 2022
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Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Lier · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Entre les lignes · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Enrobés Liège Luxembourg · General construction of residential buildings · Amel · since 2007
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ELL. Law · Activities of lawyers · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2026
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Hove · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of ANNICE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hasselt · since 1993
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Oudergem · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ASBL Ecole Libre de Lorraine · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Arlon · since 1996
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Abbreviation of ella - kenniscentrum gender en etniciteit · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2000
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Lanaken · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1988
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ELLY.LIVE · Genappe · since 2016
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Other retail sale of food · since 1986
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1983
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Abbreviation of ELLE Invest · Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2012
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Tielt-Winge · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ELLA MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Zonhoven · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MIYAGE · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Haaltert · since 2004
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since 1980
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Hairdressing and barber services · Haaltert · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Brecht · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Activities of building architects · Lier · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Specialist medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Hasselt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Immobilière des Ardennes · Real estate agency activities · Vielsalm · since 1989
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Vorselaar · since 1978
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996