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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ELRAY”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ELRAY same name
    Dendermonde · since 2024
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2016
  • EL - RAN very similar
    Name of Novaris LGD · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • ELRAF very similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
  • EL-WAY very similar
    Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Niel · since 2014
  • ELLAY very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2015
  • EMRAY (sole trader) very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2018
  • ELREY very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2019
  • Elmay very similar
    Vocational training · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • EMRAY very similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2022
  • EL REY very similar
    Name of an establishment · Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2008
  • Elroy (sole trader) very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ELRA similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Evergem · since 1983
  • Other building finishing work · since 2016
  • ELRA similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kontich · since 2018
  • E.L.R.A. similar
    Abbreviation of European Land Registry Association · Brussel · since 2005
  • EL.RAYAN similar
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2014
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1983
  • EL RASS similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Schaarbeek · since 1984
  • ELRACO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
  • EL RASO V similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oreye · since 2023
  • E.L.R. similar
    General electrical installation work · Aywaille · since 1999
  • ELR similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2014
  • Elracon similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2016
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
  • ELRALUX similar
    Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Hoegaarden · since 2021
  • EL RASO I similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oreye · since 2022

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