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.
“ESMAEL”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aarschot · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Havelange · since 2020
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since 1997
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Maasmechelen · since 1993
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Essen · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of European Sheet Metal and Assembly · Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Seraing · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ESPOIR MATONGE · Youth work associations · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Engagement Social Mutuel et Actif pour la solidarité · Namur · since 2008
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Demolition · Ingelmunster · since 2008
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SPECIALTY MINERALS ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of European Specialist Printing Manufactures Association · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Tielt-Winge · since 2007
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Insurance agents and brokers · Izegem · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2026
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ciney · since 2010