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.
“ELRO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pelt · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2019
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Brasschaat · since 2007
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2022
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Other education · Geel · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Genk · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Aywaille · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · Essen · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ciney · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Jette · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Essen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 2023
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Other business support services · Aalter · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1983
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Evergem · since 1983
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Other building finishing work · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Kontich · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Abbreviation of European Land Registry Association · Brussel · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of HELLO CAN · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Bree · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of FEDERATIE VAN ERKENDE LOKALE RADIO OMROEPEN · Harelbeke · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2000
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since 2016
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Kapellen · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Alken · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Bierbeek · since 1977