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.
“ESONA”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2017
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Other membership organisations · Remicourt · since 1986
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Raising of horses and other equines · Ranst · since 1990
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Burg-Reuland · since 2001
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Retail sale of footwear · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Abbreviation of eSoha ASBL · Computer programming · Braine-le-Comte · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Economisch Nazareth · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2010
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SOFTWARE MARKET ASSOCIATION · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
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Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Tielt · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 1972
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ECONOMISCH-SOCIAAL ONDERNEMEN · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Europese Schippersorganisatie · Brussel · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2002
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Day nurseries and crèches · Torhout · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Kontich · since 2004