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.
“EMEL”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2012
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Specialist medical practice · Elsene · since 2003
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Abbreviation of EMEL-AIDE A LA SCOLARISATION EN MAURITANIE · Brussel · since 2007
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Roeselare · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Electro Mechanic Equipment · Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Glabbeek · since 1976
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Abbreviation of L'Entraide mutuelle de l'Equateur · Ganshoren · since 1987
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Temse · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2001
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · since 1999
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2021
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Boom · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Eva Meersman · Activities of company auditors · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Brasschaat · since 2025
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Evere · since 2014
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Abbreviation of ECOLE DES MANAGERS DES ENTREPRISES DE LA CONSTRUCTION · Vocational training · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2000
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Abbreviation of EMES INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK · Research and development on biotechnology · Liège · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MUSIC EXPORTERS EXCHANGE · Elsene · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wijnegem · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Evergem · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Abbreviation of EGLISE MISSION EVANGELIQUE LA MAIN DE L'ETERNEL · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beringen · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of EGLISE MISSIONNAIRE EVANGELIQUE EN EUROPE · Liège · since 2005
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Aalst · since 1993
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2019
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mechelen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Etablissements Electro-Mécaniques Léon Van Rie · Quaregnon · since 1968
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Schaarbeek · since 1974