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.
“Elckerlyc”
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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Abbreviation of Centrum Elckerlyc · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Hasselt · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of ELCERLYC · Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of POPINA · Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of SLG Operaties Vlaanderen · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Kontich · since 2012
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Herent · since 1992
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Nijlen · since 2014
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Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Wingene · since 1991
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Zedelgem · since 1986
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Maldegem · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2011