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.
“ESRAB”
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.
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Brussel · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Eupen · since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Charleroi · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ECOLE SAINT REMACLE EN AMERCOEUR · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Liège · since 1979
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Abbreviation of European Safety and Reliability Association · Elsene · since 1992
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of GROUPE ESRA BRUXELLES– Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation d’Audiovisuelle · Hoger onderwijs, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of MIRAC 26 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beringen · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Roeselare · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SUGAR REFINERIES ASSOCIATION · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ELECTRIC SERVICE & RENOVATION ALLROUND · Landscape service activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN STAR REGISTRY · Antwerpen · since 2008
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WASHINGTON · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Ecole SOLID'R · Ukkel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Societe Royale d'Archeologie de Bruxelles · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Elsene · since 1923
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Abbreviation of STELLANTIS RETAILER ASSOCIATION BELUX · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Evere · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014