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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“BATESPOIR”

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.

  • BATESPOIR same name
    Wholesale of other food products · Boussu · since 2018
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BATES similar
    Real estate agency activities · Vosselaar · since 2021
  • " Espoir " similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1968
  • Espoir similar
    Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Mons · since 1982
  • Espoir similar
    Wavre · since 1990
  • Espoir similar
    since 1993
  • ESPOIR similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION ESPOIR POUR PERSONNES HANDICAPEES ET AGEES · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
  • Other cleaning activities · since 2025
  • Espoir similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Geel · since 2019
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • ESpoir similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Kortrijk · since 2023
  • BATEST similar
    Site preparation · Jette · since 2005
  • ESPOIR similar
    Namur · since 2007
  • ESPOIR similar
    Abbreviation of ESPOIR ONG · Liège · since 2024
  • Espoir similar
    Charleroi · since 2026
  • BATE similar
    Hoogstraten · since 2005
  • ESPOIR similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Bastogne · since 1987
  • ESPOIR similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2001

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