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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.

“ESTALEX”

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.

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  • 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.

  • ESTALEX same name
    Other information service activities · Lubbeek · since 2014
  • STALEX very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2018
  • E-ST LEX very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Mol · since 2022
  • ESKALEX very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • ESTATEX very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ESTAL similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR SURFACE TREATMENT ON ALUMINIUM · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2024
  • Other personal services · since 1987
  • Estaly SAS similar
    Other software publishing · Paris · since 2026
  • General electrical installation work · since 2013
  • E.S.T.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Association Européenne du Transport et Convoyage de Valeurs · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1976
  • E.S.T.A. similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN SERVICES en TRANSLATION AGENCY · Activities of head offices · Overijse · since 1993
  • Esta similar
    Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2016
  • Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2008
  • ESTALOCA similar
    Advertising agencies · Affligem · since 1997
  • Justalex similar
    Other business support services · Waregem · since 2018
  • Estad similar
    Koekelberg · since 1963
  • ESTAM similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 1991
  • TALEX similar
    Mixed farming · Poperinge · since 2003
  • ESTAN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2012
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
  • ESTAS similar
    Computer programming · Hoegaarden · since 2017
  • Estar similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Bertem · since 2019
  • General construction of residential buildings · Tielt-Winge · since 2019
  • Floor and wall tiling · since 2019
  • Eslex similar
    Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2022
  • ESTAD similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2004
  • ESTAS similar
    Name of an establishment of DE PATIO · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Brugge · since 2006
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026

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