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.
“EVL”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Essense Volleybal Liga · Essen · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Lede · since 1993
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wemmel · since 2011
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Haacht · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Elektriciteitswerken VANLOOCK · General electrical installation work · Grobbendonk · since 2004
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Abbreviation of EVL Logistics & Agency · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Gent · since 1989
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Malle · since 1991
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Abbreviation of EVERLAND SOLUTIONS · Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · Evere · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Zoutleeuw · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2012
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 1974
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Activities of lawyers · Oudergem · since 2004
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Tienen · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Lommel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of EVOLUTION VERTICALE · Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1999
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Abbreviation of AD ETERNAM VIVERE · Book publishing · Spa · since 2003
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Abbreviation of ELONG-VISION · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of EUROVISAGE · Baarle-Hertog · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Eventus · Other amusement and recreation activities · Kortenberg · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ENTENTE VERLAINOISE · Verlaine · since 2004
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Media representation · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Equilibre Vital · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025