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.
“SCARP”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2006
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Blankenberge · since 1974
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1997
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Lorraine · Activities of building architects · Buggenhout · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of STROBBE PRECISION · Machining of metals · Beernem · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2016
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Tubize · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Retail sale of footwear · Tournai · since 1983
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2013
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETES COOPERATIVES AGRICOLES REUNIES · Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Herve · since 1968
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Aalter · since 1993
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Retail sale of footwear · Sint-Truiden · since 1983
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Retail sale of footwear · Gerpinnes · since 1999
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1982
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1991
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Groothandel in schoeisel · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of SCABI · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Vilvoorde · since 2026
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Dilbeek · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Ciney · since 2017
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Maasmechelen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Team Scarla · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Malle · since 2005
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Abbreviation of SADI CLAEYS ASSURDEL · Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SERVICE COMPLET ALIMENTAIRE · Koekelberg · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Athlétisme · Anderlecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SCA MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Perwez · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sport & Coaching Aerts · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Boechout · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Sporting Club Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2023
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Brasschaat · since 1976
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
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Retail sale of footwear · Deinze · since 2011
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Abbreviation of SYNCHRO CLUB AALST · Aalst · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Kuurne · since 2010