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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.

“ERST”

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.

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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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ERST same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Gerpinnes · since 2020
  • Erst & Co very similar
    Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2021
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ERSTA similar
    Fitness centres · Liège · since 2025
  • ERS similar
    Abbreviation of European Reproduction Service · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1978
  • E.R.S. similar
    Abbreviation of EXPLOITATION ET REHABILITATION DE SITES · Site preparation · Villers-la-Ville · since 1997
  • Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1996
  • E.R.S. similar
    Abbreviation of Eric Rem Service · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
  • ERS similar
    Abbreviation of ERS AUTOMATION · Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · Ham · since 2011
  • E.R.S. similar
    Abbreviation of European Rail Systems · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Couvin · since 2006
  • ERS SRL similar
    Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 2024
  • ERSTEEL similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2002
  • Ersteen similar
    Other business support services · Beersel · since 2023
  • Ersa similar
    Erquelinnes · since 1965
  • Ersa similar
    Schilde · since 1983
  • E.R.S.D. similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Brasschaat · since 1995
  • ERSI similar
    Abbreviation of ETUDES, REALISATIONS ET SOLUTIONS INFORMATIQUES · Computer programming · Courcelles · since 1998
  • ERSA similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION - ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DE SCIENCE REGIONALE · Milano · since 2002
  • ERSA similar
    Computer programming · Wemmel · since 2017
  • ERSO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2007
  • ERSTIMMO similar
    Liège · since 1993
  • WERST similar
    Charleroi · since 1995
  • HERST similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2023
  • HERST similar
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Destelbergen · since 2009
  • Gerst similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mol · since 2025
  • ERSTELING similar
    Activities of holding companies · Ravels · since 2020
  • ER.S similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
  • ERSA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ENTREPRISES ROMANIELLO · Charleroi · since 1975
  • ERSE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Aiseau-Presles · since 2000
  • GERST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2012

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