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.
“SAN-E-MAT”
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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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Gembloux · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of MEULEMAN BOUWMATERIALEN · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Grimbergen · since 1996
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Namur · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · Schilde · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Supplies for Animals in Need · Mol · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Studio des Arts Numériques · Visual arts creation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2025
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Seneffe · since 1991
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Leuven · since 1951
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Name of an establishment of SANIMAT ANDENNE · Groothandel in sanitair · Andenne · since 2020
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Geetbets · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Sane-Vantilt · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2000
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Activities of head offices · Hasselt · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Services et Matériels · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liège · since 1975
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Lier · since 1987
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Malle · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of VITASAN · Operation of sports facilities · Hasselt · since 2000
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Gent · since 2015
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Neupré · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2015
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026