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.
“SABRAM”
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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General construction of residential buildings · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 1991
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Hoogstraten · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ELNOUR · Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging der Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers-Société Belge des Auteurs , Compositeurs et Editeurs · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Brussel · since 1968
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1971
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Development of non-residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 2025
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Ternat · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2009
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pont-à-Celles · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Bree · since 1993
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2009
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Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1996
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Daverdisse · since 2012
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Nursing and midwifery · Aalst · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2023
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Trade name of STRATEGISCHE ALLIANTIE BRUSSEL · Brussel · since 2001