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.
“El-Decon”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1992
-
Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Roeselare · since 1983
-
Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1993
-
Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Schaarbeek · since 2021
-
Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ganshoren · since 2006
-
Charleroi · since 2026
-
Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
-
Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Nijlen · since 2001
-
Other business support services · Dentergem · since 2012
-
Other information service activities · Diepenbeek · since 2018
-
Other information service activities · since 2010
-
Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Maasmechelen · since 1987
-
Kluisbergen · since 1998
-
Landscape service activities · Anzegem · since 2013
-
Development of residential building projects · Zonhoven · since 2017
-
Abbreviation of Elektriciteit en Metaal Constructie · Leuven · since 1965
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Roeselare · since 1988
-
Other business support services · Schoten · since 2004
-
Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1968
-
General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wetteren · since 1983
-
Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oudergem · since 1984
-
Combined facilities support activities · Hasselt · since 1991
-
Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
-
Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Edegem · since 2020
-
Business and other management consultancy · since 2000
-
Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2010
-
Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Hoogstraten · since 2009
-
Activiteiten van industriële designers · Riemst · since 2001
-
Abbreviation of ELECTRO CONTRACTORS · Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Kampenhout · since 2002
-
Other education · since 2020
-
Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2021
-
Activities of notaries · Mol · since 2024
-
Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2024
-
Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Büllingen · since 2025
-
Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2026
-
Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
-
General electrical installation work · Ranst · since 2011
-
General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
-
since 1989