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.
“eSence”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Brasschaat · since 2019
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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
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Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1976
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Aalst · since 2018
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2016
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Putte · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van onderdelen van elektrische installaties · Silly · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Amay · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2012
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of PRESIR · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Oupeye · since 1992
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Genk · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Moeys - Leroy · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Boortmeerbeek · since 2013
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Oud-Turnhout · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Atelier Remise · Other information service activities · Temse · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 1978
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Charleroi · since 2006
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Employment placement agencies · Ninove · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Château · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Malle · since 2021
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Leuven · since 2021
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General medical practice · Tubize · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Lier · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023