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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.

“EMESVE”

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.

  • EMESVE same name
    Wijnegem · since 1986
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ESVE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 1993
  • EMES similar
    Abbreviation of EMES INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK · Research and development on biotechnology · Liège · since 2002
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
  • ESVe similar
    Abbreviation of ELECTRICAL SERVICES VERBRUGGE · Activities of holding companies · Lichtervelde · since 2020
  • Floor and wall tiling · since 2021
  • General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • EMES similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2011
  • EMESI similar
    Name of an establishment of EMISI · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Namur · since 2015
  • EMESAN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zulte · since 2013

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