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.
“Essalam”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1984
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brussel · since 1987
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Geel · since 2012
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Tessenderlo · since 2009
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 2009
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Nivelles · since 1985
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Socio-cultural adult education · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1984
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Other membership organisations · Verviers · since 1996
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Roeselare · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of AZIMUS · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Braine-le-Comte · since 2005
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Verviers · since 2008
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Liège · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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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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Neufchâteau · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Association des Espace de paix · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Menen · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Association Solidarité, Accès, Lien, Accompagnement, Mobilisation · Namur · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2004
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since 2020
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Abbreviation of Centre scolaire Notre-Dame de la Sagesse Enseignement supe'rieur ESSAI · Ganshoren · since 1987
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Leuven · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of SALAM V.O.F · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2010
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003