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.
“ESBE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gennevilliers · since 2003
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Photography, excluding press photography · Ranst · since 2011
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Mortsel · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Châtelet · since 1986
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lubbeek · since 2003
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Abbreviation of European Society of Biochemical Engeneering Sciences · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brussel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Tubize · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BERU · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Abbreviation of EURO SERVICE BROEDERS · Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 1984
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Market research and public opinion polling · Herent · since 1987
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Bree · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Etterbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS BELGIUM · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zele · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ELMECO SERVICES BELGIUM · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Erpe-Mere · since 1991
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Abbreviation of EXPERTSELECT BELGIUM · Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2003
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE SERVICES BELGIQUE · Site preparation · Drogenbos · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Education Somatique Bruxelles · Sports and recreation education · Vorst · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dublin 3 · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Education Sportify Brussels · Jette · since 2020
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Merksplas · since 2009
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Abbreviation of EGLISE DE SION EN BELGIQUE · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2004
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Raising of other animals · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Estlandse Vereniging in België · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Abbreviation of EMMELOT SCHULTE DEFENCE SERVICES BELGIË · Other business support services · Bredene · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Temse · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1983
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SAVINGS AND RETAIL BANKING GROUP · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1967
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Abbreviation of ES BROADCAST MEDIA · Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Leuven · since 1989
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Abbreviation of European Straw Building Association - Association Européenne de la Construction en Paille (ESBA) · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EASTERN & AFRICAN SOCIETY OFR BIOPRESERVATION & BIOBANKING · Activiteiten van bibliotheken · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BUSINESS SUMMIT NETWORK · Elsene · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SATSUKI BONSAI ASSOCIATION · Dilbeek · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SPORTS AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES · Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 1994