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.
“ESPERANCE”
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
36 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Tournai · since 1978
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Mouscron · since 1981
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Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 1987
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Zaventem · since 1994
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Seneffe · since 1999
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Virton · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 1953
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BANTABA DE ESPERANÇA · Brussel · since 2013
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Liège · since 1941
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Brussel · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Donceel · since 1996
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since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Brussel · since 2014
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Fauvillers · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Event catering · since 2024
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2006
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since 1982
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 2007
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 1990
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Event catering · Rixensart · since 2018
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1978
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Landen · since 1998
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Elsene · since 2007
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2022
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2013
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Chimay · since 2002
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ESPERENZA · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dendermonde · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Esperanto Universal · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Esperanza, buiten-gewoon anders · Zoersel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · Ninove · since 2009
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Nursing and midwifery · Vosselaar · since 2012
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ledegem · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortenberg · since 1987
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2017
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Avelgem · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2020
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Other printing · Ukkel · since 2013
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Lochristi · since 2004
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vorst · since 1982
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Meyzieu · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of TER WENDE - ESPERO · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Leuven · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Handelsonderneming Espero · Rotterdam · since 1979
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Leuven · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2018
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CERGY · since 2006
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Liège · since 1995