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.
“ELRI”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · Malmedy · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Aywaille · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2014
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Other business support services · Beringen · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Wommelgem · since 2009
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Dendermonde · since 2009
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Evergem · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pelt · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kontich · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of European Land Registry Association · Brussel · since 2005
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Other business support services · since 2016
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Abbreviation of WEL Research Institute · Research and development on biotechnology · Wavre · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Lille · since 2010