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.
“Emelia”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2001
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1985
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Other business support services · Hasselt · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kuurne · since 2022
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since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUREGIO MEDIA · Cafés and bars · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1982
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Chièvres · since 1993
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of NOVIREM · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Tintigny · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ELBAN · Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2024
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Evergem · since 2026
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Etablissements Electro-Mécaniques Léon Van Rie · Quaregnon · since 1968
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Keerbergen · since 1987
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Evere · since 2014
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Abbreviation of european language industry association · Other education · Elsene · since 2017
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of STITAS · Full-service restaurants · Halle · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2012
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Specialist medical practice · Elsene · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Ypsilon · Full-service restaurants · Evergem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of EMEL-AIDE A LA SCOLARISATION EN MAURITANIE · Brussel · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Laarne · since 2026
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Other business support services · Charleroi · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Dessel · since 2012
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Operation of sports facilities · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2024
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Roeselare · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2021
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Retail sale of household furniture · Boom · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Brasschaat · since 2025