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.
“ELSAM”
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
13 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 · Trooz · since 2017
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since 2012
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Erpe-Mere · since 1989
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Koekelare · since 2017
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Site preparation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Educational Lingual Sleep and Airway Academy · Waterloo · since 2022
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antoing · since 1995
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since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2015
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2015
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Nivelles · since 2026
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Etterbeek · since 2002
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of THE EUROPEAN LAW STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2000
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Youth work associations · Amsterdam · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ELSA EU · Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2013
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Sint-Truiden · since 1983
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Other business support services · Wemmel · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Chimay · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Izegem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ECONOMIC LIFT SERVICES · Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Anderlecht · since 1977
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Abbreviation of ETABLISSEMENTS LEON STIERS · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Nivelles · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Societé européenne de Laryngologie · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1997
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Abbreviation of EURO LOCATION SERVICES · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · La Louvière · since 1999
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Travel agency activities · Izegem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Exchange Logistics Services · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Laakdal · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dinant · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Electriciteitswerken Luc Sorton · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Lubbeek · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hasselt · since 2005
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Namur · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EURO LOGISTICS SPACE · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Verviers · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Association européenne des Etudiants en Droit-Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve - The European Law Students'Association-Université Catholique de Louvain · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Overijse · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Sombreffe · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VECAP S.A · LUXEMBOURG · since 2009