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.
“elca”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Poperinge · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Zulte · since 1994
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since 2000
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Abbreviation of European Landscape Contractors Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Benthuizen · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · Keerbergen · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Asse · since 2023
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Schaarbeek · since 1968
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Enseignement Libre Catholique Bastogne · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Bastogne · since 1982
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Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Tielt-Winge · since 1987
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LIVING COMFORT · Retail sale of household furniture · Eupen · since 1990
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Computer programming · Edegem · since 2001
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Boom · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Ermitage les Carceri · Hastière · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Verviers · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Peer · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Haaltert · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Herselt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ECARLATE LA COMPAGNIE · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Ukkel · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Other retail sale of food · since 2005
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lier · since 2005
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LEGAL COUNSEL · Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2007
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Abbreviation of EL Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EGLISE DE LA CONSOLATION · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1980
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General electrical installation work · Berlare · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of YUNA · Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Lesieur-Cotelle · Paris · since 1967
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Other business support services · Wuustwezel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN LOGOS CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT · Jette · since 1991
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brasschaat · since 1998
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Binche · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of End of Life Care Europe · Brussel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Nandrin · since 2020
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Abbreviation of EAGLE LUXURY CARS RENTAL · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Grimbergen · since 2023
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Risk and damage evaluation · Zoersel · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ERIC LESKENS CONSULTING EN MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2007
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Site preparation · elsendorp · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of ELCI SRL · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2008
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Retie · since 1975
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Abbreviation of ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION SERVICES · Waterloo · since 1991