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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.

“SECLA”

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.

  • SECLA same name
    Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 1988
  • S.E.C.L.A. same name
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'EXPERTISE COMPTABLE LAGA ALEXANDRE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2000
  • SECLA + same name
    Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oudsbergen · since 2016
  • Secla same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Knokke-Heist · since 1971
  • Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2002
  • Secma very similar
    Beuvrages · since 1991
  • DECLA very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Izegem · since 2002
  • TECLA very similar
    ROMA ITALIA · since 1993
  • Secia very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2024
  • Tecla very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Comptoir Commercial et Colonial · Vorst · since 1950
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SECLASTE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2020
  • S.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of SERVICE - ETUDE - COMMERCE · Market research and public opinion polling · Frameries · since 1987
  • S.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of SANITAIRE ET CHAUFFAGE · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Le Roeulx · since 1988
  • S.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of SERVICE EUROPEEN DE COMPTABILITE · since 1991
  • S.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Software and Engineering in Construction · Activities of building architects · Deinze · since 1991
  • S.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of SYNDICAT D'ELEVAGE CANIN DE LIEGE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1998
  • SEC similar
    Abbreviation of Surf Every Corner · Mortsel · since 2015
  • S.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'EXPANSION COMMERCIALE · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
  • SEC similar
    Herentals · since 2018
  • SEC similar
    Abbreviation of Strategic Energy Consultancy · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2023
  • SEC similar
    Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2009
  • S.E.C. similar
    Leuven · since 2010
  • SEC similar
    Asse · since 2010
  • S E C similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Liedekerke · since 2004
  • SEC similar
    Abbreviation of SALES ENGENEERING EN CONSULTING · Dilbeek · since 2005
  • SeC similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2026
  • Secling similar
    Activities of head offices · Damme · since 1969
  • E.C.L.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Association européenne des Juristes d'Entreprises · Brussel · since 1990
  • ECLA similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1999
  • ECLA similar
    Abbreviation of EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2026
  • Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023

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