Skip to content

Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SANMACI”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SANMACI same name
    Full-service restaurants · Ciney · since 2014
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SANMAR similar
    Support activities for crop production · Zonnebeke · since 2002
  • SAN MARK similar
    Full-service restaurants · Lummen · since 2016
  • S.A.C.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Les Constructions Immobilières · General construction of residential buildings · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1965
  • SACI similar
    Abbreviation of Les Sages de la Cité · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
  • SAN MARCO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Bonheiden · since 1992
  • SAN MARCO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1993
  • SAN MARCO similar
    Name of an establishment of SAN MARCO PRIMO · Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 1996
  • SAN MARIN similar
    Name of an establishment of SCARPA AZURA · Retail sale of footwear · Ukkel · since 2016
  • SAN MARCO similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • San Marco similar
    Name of an establishment of JARON · Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1975
  • San MC similar
    Full-service restaurants · Eghezée · since 2015
  • Maci similar
    Abbreviation of Mandel Atletiek Club · Activiteiten van atletiekclubs · Izegem · since 1976
  • M.A.C.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Mmaison arabe de Culture islamique · Schaarbeek · since 1983
  • Sanmar similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2018
  • SAN MARCO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2002

Next steps