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.
“SAFI”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies
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Assenede · since 2017
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Etterbeek · since 2022
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Zottegem · since 2007
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2025
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société Anversoise Foncière et Industrielle · Liège · since 1927
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Abbreviation of Secrétariat d'Apprentissage et de Formation des Indépendants · Seraing · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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since 2025
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since 2017
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société anonyme de Fabrication et d'Import - Export · Anderlecht · since 1979
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Development of residential building projects · Brakel · since 1990
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Etterbeek · since 1991
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Wholesale of machine tools · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Tournai · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of LAURRIS · Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of TITO 97 · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2026
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Abbreviation of STEUNPUNT ANTI-FASCISME · Detailhandel in boeken · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Nieuwpoort · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Sociaal Actiefonds · Kortrijk · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Anderlecht · since 1994
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Abbreviation of AGRICOLE FINANCIERE ET IMMOBILIERE D'ERQUELINNES · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Koekelberg · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Market research and public opinion polling · Etterbeek · since 1998
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Izegem · since 1999
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Office administrative and support services · Merksplas · since 2001
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Abbreviation of SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION · Boortmeerbeek · since 2001
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zulte · since 2002
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Abbreviation of SAFRICAS INTERNATIONAL · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Toneelgroep Safier · Dilbeek · since 2015
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Other financial services
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Abbreviation of Sales and Finance eXpert · Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SAFINA INVEST · Elsene · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2025
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Media representation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2025
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waasmunster · since 1980
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Other building finishing work · since 2013
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2017
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since 2015
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Machining of metals · Temse · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Juprelle · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Copafia · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of SERVICE D'ACCUEIL, DE FORMATION ET D'INTEGRATION PAR LE TRAVAIL · Yvoir · since 1984
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Gent · since 1965
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Hove · since 1996
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1968