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.
“ESSANCE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Other education · Aalter · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2010
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in sanitair · Harelbeke · since 2009
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Olen · since 2009
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Wholesale of other food products · Genk · since 2014
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Brecht · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
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Site preparation · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Reparatie en onderhoud van uurwerken en sieraden · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Menen · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Centre scolaire Notre-Dame de la Sagesse Enseignement supe'rieur ESSAI · Ganshoren · since 1987