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.
“SAM + SAS”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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MORANGIS · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SAM SAM vlechtwerk · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brasschaat · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Berlare · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2004
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Painting of buildings · Halle · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Subsides,Aides,Multi-services à tout club sportif · Other membership organisations · Charleroi · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Société d'Anesthésie Mouraux Sophie · Specialist medical practice · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2006
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Book publishing · Brussel · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Soie Artificielle Moderne · Ronse · since 1968