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.
“Elmans”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Londerzeel · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Edegem · since 1985
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2000
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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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Advertising agencies · Edegem · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Evasion Loisirs Aventure Nature et Sports · Grez-Doiceau · since 1993
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Activities of head offices · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2001
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Harelbeke · since 2002
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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General medical practice · Haacht · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2018
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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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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Antwerpen · since 2006
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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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Painting of buildings · Charleroi · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Other technical testing and analysis · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of NOELMANS LV · Pig breeding farms · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mons · since 2008
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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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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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Name of an establishment of DANIO EN PARTNERS · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beringen · since 1975
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Roosdaal · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1988
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Other business support services · Mol · since 2015
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Event catering · Turnhout · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Gingelom · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Haacht · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1996