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.
“Elma”
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.
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Abbreviation of Enseignement libre à Marche · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1997
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Harelbeke · since 2002
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General medical practice · Haacht · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Mechelen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
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Abbreviation of European LGBTQI+ Media Association · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Association Européenne des Fabricants de Lécithine · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Gent · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Pelt · since 2008
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Haacht · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Noord-Scharwoude · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Meerhout · since 1997
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Koekelberg · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2001
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · Vilvoorde · since 2017
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Vresse-sur-Semois · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2019
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Vocational training · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ELMAX MEDICAL · Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Roeselare · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Lier · since 2012
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Interior design · Turnhout · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waterloo · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Abbreviation of L'Européenne de Levage et Montage SA · Villerupt · since 1975
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Coating of metals · Stabroek · since 1984
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Abbreviation of ESTATE and LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT · Landscape service activities · Merchtem · since 1989
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Kinrooi · since 1992
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Other specialised construction activities · Pittem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of EUROPE LIAISON MAGHREB · Jette · since 1997
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Oostende · since 1999
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Ieper · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Escalade Les Montagnards, ASBL · Sports and recreation education · Olne · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Wavre · since 2020
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Abbreviation of JOLY - ELMIMA · Hotels and similar accommodation · Maldegem · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Meerhout · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Other business support services · Faimes · since 2011
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Research and development on biotechnology · Aalter · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Deinze · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Ronse · since 2004
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Hairdressing and barber services · Lennik · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2008
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Londerzeel · since 2023
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Site preparation · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1996
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2000