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.
“ESFE”
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.
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Gent · since 1995
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of European Safety Federation · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Harelbeke · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Centrum voor Algemeen Welzijnswerk Limburg · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Esfera Trendy&Style · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortenaken · since 2014
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Abbreviation of European Sign Federation · Advertising agencies · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2014
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Abbreviation of EMBEDDED SYSTEMS FACTORY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2015
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Abbreviation of ENTENTE SPORTIVE DES FRONTIERES · Cafés and bars · Couvin · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Espace Sante Famille · Psychology services · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Energies et Solutions, formations · Rochefort · since 2010
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Abbreviation of LES EDITIONS SANS FRONTIERES · Brussel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Eurospecialities Food · Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ENFANTS.SANS.FRONTIERES · since 2003
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2003
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Abbreviation of FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE - EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION - COST OFFICE · strasbourg · since 2003
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Ecole de la Sainte Famille à Watermael ASBL · Gewoon lager onderwijs ingericht door de Gemeenschappen · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1982
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Abbreviation of European Sustainable Food Coalition · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Abbreviation of European Strategy & Future Infrastructure · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Bocholt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of ENGINEERING SOLUTION OF YOUR FUTURE · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Seraing · since 2019