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.
“IMECOLUX”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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ELHERANGE · since 2012
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Financiële lease · Mechelen · since 1959
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Zoersel · since 1984
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wavre · since 2002
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Lierde · since 2019
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Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · Namur · since 1963
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Luxembourg · since 1968
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brecht · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Koekelare · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Erpe-Mere · since 1993
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1969
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ronse · since 2012
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Compass Group Belgium · Contract catering and other food service activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum · Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 1984
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Abbreviation of INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING CONSULTING · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Bonheiden · since 2021