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.
“Ellipses”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Anderlecht · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of IMMOBILIERE ELLIPSE · Real estate agency activities · Tournai · since 1995
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Wholesale of other household goods · Roubaix · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1996
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HORSHOLM · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · since 2021
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Namur · since 2009
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Jalhay · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Coupure BV · Land surveying · Gent · since 1995
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oudergem · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of VLAAMSE VERENIGING VOOR ICT-PERSONEEL · Employment placement agencies · Brussel · since 2014
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Land surveying · Gent · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 1994
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · Vorst · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Ellipsis - Mille et pâtes · Translation services · Herve · since 2009
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 1993
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2011
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of ELLIPSE - INNOVATION ET STRATEGIE ENERGETIQUE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ecaussinnes · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2012
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Schoten · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
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Plastering work · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Jabbeke · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Courcelles · since 1997
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Wavre · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2008