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.

“SCA 26”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

SCA 26 same name

Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Elsene · since 2005
SCA very similar

Abbreviation of SADI CLAEYS ASSURDEL · Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 1986
S.C.A. very similar

Abbreviation of SERVICE COMPLET ALIMENTAIRE · Koekelberg · since 1987
S.C.A. very similar

Abbreviation of Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Athlétisme · Anderlecht · since 1990
SCA very similar

Abbreviation of SCA MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Perwez · since 2019
SCA very similar

Abbreviation of Sport & Coaching Aerts · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Boechout · since 2022
SCA very similar

Abbreviation of Sporting Club Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2023
S.C.A. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of SYNCHRO CLUB AALST · Aalst · since 1990
S.C.A. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Full-service restaurants · Kuurne · since 2010

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