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.
“ESPRIT LIBRE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Chaudfontaine · since 2010
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Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of ESPRITT · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of F.J.J. COMPANY · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2003
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Activiteiten van bibliotheken · Erezée · since 2018
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2021
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ESPRIT BELGIE RETAIL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1988