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.
“EMLACO”
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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Retail sale of footwear · Ardooie · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Leopoldsburg · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lierde · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ECOLE LIBRE A CIEL OUVERT · Liège · since 2008
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Office administrative and support services · Waasmunster · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Emmers Legal Consulting · Other legal services · Lommel · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2019
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Event catering · Wielsbeke · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Retie · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Kuurne · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Meise · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oud-Turnhout · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Wuustwezel · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Stabroek · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1986
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Retie · since 1991
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Nieuwpoort · since 1997
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Laiterie Colonval · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1968