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.
“ELV”
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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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Beringen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of L'Effet Local · Virton · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Elektro Laurens Vangheluwe · General electrical installation work · Diksmuide · since 2026
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Vilvoorde · since 1978
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Nijlen · since 1987
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE DE LOUAGE DE VEHICULES AUTOMOBILES · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Zonhoven · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Wuustwezel · since 2001
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2017
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Handel in gas via leidingen · Aalst · since 2016
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Wholesale of live animals · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Oud-Turnhout · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Nieuwpoort · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Leuven · since 2021
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Zoutleeuw · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Grobbendonk · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2024
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Fitness centres · La Louvière · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lanaken · since 2025
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Lier · since 2025
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Sound recording · Lier · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Genk · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2020
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Deinze · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Wervik · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Malmedy · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Aangebrand · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Performing arts by independent artists · Bonheiden · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Oud-Heverlee · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Alveringem · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Holsbeek · since 2025
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Grobbendonk · since 2026
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Vilvoorde · since 1982
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Screed work · since 2007