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.
“I AM SAM”
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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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SAM SAM vlechtwerk · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lummen · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2012
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Schilde · since 1996
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GENEVE · since 2012
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Mouscron · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Interior design · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Institut des Arts Martiaux · Liège · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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200 OLAWA - STANOWICE · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Ici, Ailleurs et Maintenant · Verviers · since 2024
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Abbreviation of IGGY'S AMERICAN MOTORCYCLES · Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEIOBENTHOLOGISTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Cultural education · since 2014