Skip to content

Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Elki”

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.

  • Elki same name
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Zoersel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ELKIM similar
    Physiotherapy · Hasselt · since 1991
  • General electrical installation work · since 2016
  • Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2009
  • ELK similar
    Abbreviation of Europese Landen Konferentie · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1988
  • ELK similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1986
  • EL Kiné similar
    Etalle · since 2026
  • ELKIMAT similar
    Stabroek · since 1996
  • ELKIPOR similar
    Wholesale of beverages, general range · Maldegem · since 2000
  • Elkin BM similar
    Bonheiden · since 2015
  • ELKIMMO similar
    Overige accommodatie · Oudenaarde · since 2008
  • ELKILIç similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Heusden-Zolder · since 2005
  • EL. KA similar
    Name of an establishment of Eric Lammée Kommunikatie en Advertising · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1980
  • ELKO similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Anderlecht · since 1981
  • ELKA similar
    Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Lede · since 1986
  • ELKA similar
    Name of an establishment of ELVO · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Nijlen · since 1987
  • ELKA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Malmedy · since 1988
  • EL.K.W. similar
    General electrical installation work · Maaseik · since 1988
  • ELKA similar
    Name of an establishment of Malmar Handel · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1993
  • ELKA similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
  • Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1996
  • ELKO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Ingelmunster · since 2006
  • ELKA similar
    Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2023
  • ELKA similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lier · since 2024
  • ELK-M similar
    Abbreviation of Elektro Masters · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • Elke! similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lebbeke · since 2025
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
  • Belki similar
    Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Aalst · since 1983
  • MELKI similar
    Other education · Mechelen · since 2000
  • ELK INVEST similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • General electrical installation work · since 2024
  • EL-MALKI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Anderlecht · since 2017
  • Elka similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1948
  • ELKA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 1989
  • ELKA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2017

Next steps