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.
“SAMCAN”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Société Africaine de matériaux et de construction · Brussel · since 1968
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 2013
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Wevelgem · since 2003
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other information service activities · Halen · since 2014
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Oupeye · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Essen · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1995
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Other education · since 2016
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Abbreviation of SOLAR ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION · General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenaarde · since 2016
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General cleaning of buildings · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Employment placement agencies · Beringen · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 1982