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.
“ELNO”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aartselaar · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 1984
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Physiotherapy · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 1997
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Vosselaar · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Elektriciteit Neyens · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Gistel · since 2010
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Activities of religious organisations · Roeselare · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Jette · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 1994
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zandhoven · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Ecole libre de Nandrin-Tinlot · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Nandrin · since 1995
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Genk · since 2020
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Elsene · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2024
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Koksijde · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Mechelen · since 2026
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Other business support services · Eghezée · since 2025