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.
“SAPHO”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Ardooie · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of E.N.S. · Activities of interior architects · Ingelmunster · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2002
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Abbreviation of SAPPHO CONSULT · Other business support services · Beersel · since 2013
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ichtegem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALCOPAL · Fitness centres · Villers-la-Ville · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Silly · since 2008
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Pet boarding · since 2009
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Namur · since 1994
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Trade name of Keysosa · Web portal activities · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Résidence 3 · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Brussel · since 1972
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Other social work without accommodation · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2015
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2022
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Namur · since 2012
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Chaudfontaine · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of S.A.P. - SURVEILLANCE, AUXILIAIRE, PROTECTION · Investigation and private security services · Etterbeek · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Sac à Puces · Brussel · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Stichting Archeologisch Patrimonium · Asse · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Juprelle · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of WOLV · Vervaardiging van groente- en fruitsappen · Gent · since 2015
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Abbreviation of SAC A POILS · Business and other management consultancy · Dour · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sophie Alain PORTIER · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Courcelles · since 2009
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITES AU PLURIEL · Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Service d'Accompagnement des Personnes handicapées en Milieu ouvert · Other social work without accommodation · Sambreville · since 1984
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Other tax advisory services · Silly · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Vilvoorde · since 2023
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Saint-Hubert · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SYNDICAT AUTONOME DE LA POLICE · Liège · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Société de Courtage, d'Assurances et de Prêts · Liège · since 1979
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Abbreviation of TELCO CONSULTANTS · Zaventem · since 1980
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Verviers · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SOUTIEN AIDE PLAISIR · Orp-Jauche · since 2008
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Asse · since 1996