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.
“Elft”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Antwerpen · since 1992
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of European Lacrosse Federation · Lievegem · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Entre Les Filles · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lommel · since 2011
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Entreprises Léonard frères · Chaudfontaine · since 1937
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Roofing work · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Abbreviation of European Local Fibre Alliance · Brussel · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere gereedschapswerktuigen · Berlare · since 2009
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Abbreviation of European Lease and Finance Company · Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Vorst · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Mission évangélique la foi triomphante · Aalst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Electro Physical Manufacturing Company · Antwerpen · since 1964