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 LAMS”
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
42 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Oostende · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brasschaat · since 2002
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Berlare · since 2018
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Société d'Anesthésie Mouraux Sophie · Specialist medical practice · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SAM SAM vlechtwerk · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of SAM global · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE AGRICOLE de MEESTER · Halle · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jabbeke · since 1995
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Name of an establishment · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Fleurus · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Roeselare · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SAFETY ADVICE MANAGEMENT · Overige openbare orde en civiele veiligheid · Zottegem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association SAM · Jette · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 1974
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Activities of lawyers · Mechelen · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SAM, STEUNPUNT MENS EN SAMENLEVING · Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Savannah Artist Management ASBL · Elsene · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Steven's Association Moonrise · Overijse · since 2009
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Screed work · Zaventem · since 2010
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2010
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MORANGIS · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of A. SCHRYVERS · Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 2006
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2024
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Elsene · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of ZAZAWIE · Other software publishing · Jabbeke · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SAM-BW · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Lasne · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2012
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since 2008
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Book publishing · Brussel · since 1999
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Activities of head offices · Edegem · since 2022
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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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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025
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Namur · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Soie Artificielle Moderne · Ronse · since 1968