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.
“ELM”
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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Abbreviation of L'Européenne de Levage et Montage SA · Villerupt · since 1975
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Abbreviation of ESTATE and LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT · Landscape service activities · Merchtem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of EUROPE LIAISON MAGHREB · Jette · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Escalade Les Montagnards, ASBL · Sports and recreation education · Olne · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Wavre · since 2020
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Other business support services · Faimes · since 2011
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Site preparation · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2025
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 2026
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Niklaas · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ardooie · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herentals · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Turnhout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Enseignement libre à Marche · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1997
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Harelbeke · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 1993
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Site preparation · since 2014
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General medical practice · Haacht · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Harelbeke · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Mechelen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Zedelgem · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nivelles · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MX ELEM3NTS · Hasselt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of European LGBTQI+ Media Association · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Remicourt · since 2022
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Productie van televisiefilms · Leuven · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Association Européenne des Fabricants de Lécithine · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Gent · since 2010
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Computer programming · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Boechout · since 2005
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Pelt · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Aangebrand · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2024
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Kontich · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · since 2026
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Other sports activities · Gerpinnes · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Haacht · since 2020
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Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1996