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.
“ESPEKA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1958
-
Nederland · since 1991
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1999
-
LUXEMBOURG · since 2013
-
Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Tournai · since 2020
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Market research and public opinion polling · Ukkel · since 2001
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2005
-
Name of an establishment of TER WENDE - ESPERO · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Leuven · since 1974
-
Abbreviation of Handelsonderneming Espero · Rotterdam · since 1979
-
Activities of head offices · Bütgenbach · since 2014
-
Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 2016
-
Plumbing work · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2009
-
Beveren · since 1987
-
Kasterlee · since 2012
-
Dilbeek · since 2003