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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SALBO”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SALBO same name
    Development of residential building projects · De Panne · since 2023
  • SALBA very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ronse · since 2024
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SALB similar
    Logistics services · Mechelen · since 2025
  • SALBIA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Estaimpuis · since 2011
  • SAL similar
    Abbreviation of St-Antoniusgilde Lichtaart · Kasterlee · since 2014
  • S.A.L. similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Beringen · since 2016
  • S.A.L similar
    Abbreviation of SPORTHORSES ADMINISTRATION & LOGISTICS · Office administrative and support services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
  • S..A.L. similar
    Abbreviation of SCHODTS ALGEMENE LASWERKEN · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Diest · since 2018
  • Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021
  • SAL similar
    Activities of lawyers · Westerlo · since 2026
  • SAL similar
    Abbreviation of Sports Aquatic Liège · Liège · since 2026
  • Other software publishing · since 2026
  • ALBO similar
    Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 1973
  • ALBO similar
    Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Blankenberge · since 1995
  • ALBO similar
    Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BOUWONDERNEMING · General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 1996
  • ALBO similar
    Abbreviation of DOCTEUR ALINE BODLET - PNEUMOLOGUE · Specialist medical practice · Arlon · since 2014
  • Albo similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • Plastering work · since 2023

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