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.
“ELSEN”
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.
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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
47 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Amel · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of Camera5 · Production of cinema films · Evere · since 1990
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Leuven · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ELSEN - interieur op maat · Joinery installation · Aarschot · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of JEAN ELSEN ET SES FILS · Wholesale of other household goods · Etterbeek · since 2003
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since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2002
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Book publishing · since 2021
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2021
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since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Lummen · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Jabbeke · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Boechout · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · since 2024
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Other education · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2025
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Other information service activities · since 2022
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Tourist information services · since 2021
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Kasterlee · since 2015
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1987
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1994
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2018
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Other education · since 2001
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · since 2023
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since 2019
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since 1971
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Lille · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2026
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Westerlo · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1983
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kasterlee · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2023
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since 1990
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Activities of building architects · Hamois · since 2007
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Vorst · since 1990
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Enseignement Libre du Secteur d'Erezee · Erezée · since 1978
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2013
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Activities of interior architects · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2003
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Literary creation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2008
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Maldegem · since 2009
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalter · since 1993
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Aarschot · since 2023
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Arendonk · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SLAGERIJ - TRAITEUR ELS EN BART · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Zottegem · since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2022