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.
“Elwin”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Nursing and midwifery · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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HOOGWOUD · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van speel-, amusement-, en verkoopautomaten · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Courcelles · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1993
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Retail sale of other household articles · Kortenaken · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ELFIN DENTAL · Dental practice · Kontich · since 2011
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Aangebrand · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2000
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2017