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.
“SAMSHA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Book publishing · Brussel · since 1999
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1998
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Antwerpen · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Kraainem · since 2023
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Wetteren · since 2009
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Chant, Arts et Musique à Saint-Hubert d'Ardenne · Saint-Hubert · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Soie Artificielle Moderne · Ronse · since 1968
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Name of an establishment of AVRAJ · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2006
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SAM SAM vlechtwerk · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Edegem · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1978
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Pajottegem · since 1981
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Etterbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Service d'Aide aux Migrants asbl · Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Lummen · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · since 2024
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Diest · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Abbreviation of STICHTING ANTI MOBBING - SOCIETE ANTI MOBING · Diest · since 2001
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2022