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.
“Elpena”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Beernem · since 2024
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1966
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herstal · since 2015
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Brecht · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2013
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2011
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Photography, excluding press photography · Mechelen · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2026
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Turnhout · since 1991
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Luxembourg · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Haacht · since 2016
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ELPEO · Activities of head offices · Herentals · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Bever · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1982
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since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Merchtem · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tremelo · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Abbreviation of P en A INTERNATIONAL · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990