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.
“ELPICO”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vinkel · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Arlon · since 1998
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Abbreviation of European Projects Investment Company · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2017
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2001
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Aiseau-Presles · since 2015
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Other business support services · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ELLICO INDUSTRIËLE TECHNIEKEN · General electrical installation work · Turnhout · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tremelo · since 2022
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Other business support services · Beringen · since 2023
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Dendermonde · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Boutersem · since 2010
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Site preparation · Verviers · since 1996
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lille · since 1975
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Bredene · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Menen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2024
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Rebecq · since 2007
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Charleroi · since 2000
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Enghien · since 2018
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Other education · since 2020
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Vorst · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Avelgem · since 2015