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.
“SAMEX TRADE”
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.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jodoigne · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of IMPORT EXPORT TRADE · since 1988
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2003
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Kasterlee · since 2010
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bree · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Lille · since 2014
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2011
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'APPLICATION DE MACHINES ENDOTHERMIQUES FRANCE · Maisons-ALfort · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Solidarity Action day Movement in Europe · Brussel · since 2016
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Pecq · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2008
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1982
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2013