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.
“ELMINA”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Enghien · since 1988
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Knokke-Heist · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Essen · since 2003
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Office administrative and support services · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Computer programming · Heuvelland · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2025
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of MULKU · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2017
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2026
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Abbreviation of JOLY - ELMIMA · Hotels and similar accommodation · Maldegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beerse · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Turnhout · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2016
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since 2018
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Namur · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Tremelo · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lint · since 2010
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Tienen · since 2026
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2013