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.
“SEF”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Abbreviation of HOUSING SERVICES · General construction of residential buildings · Liège · since 1996
-
Abbreviation of SUD-EURO-FOREST · Logging · Saint-Hubert · since 2003
-
Abbreviation of Sport en Folie · Jette · since 2014
-
Abbreviation of Summer Ends Festival · Schaarbeek · since 2019
-
Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2024
-
Other business support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of Société européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs - Europees Genootschap voor Ingenieursopleiding - European Society for Engineering Education · Other information service activities · Brussel · since 1973
-
Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ENTREPRISES DE FUMISTERIE INDUSTRIELLE · Marseille · since 1986
-
Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'EDITIONS FINANCIERES ET ECONOMIQUES · Media representation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
-
Advertising agencies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Overijse · since 1994
-
Activities of holding companies · Etterbeek · since 1997
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Evere · since 1999
-
since 2013
-
Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2015
-
Abbreviation of Social Ecology Education Fund · Brussel · since 2019
-
Beheer van kerkhoven en activiteiten van crematoria · since 2022
-
Abbreviation of SUDANESE-EUROPEAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION · Schaarbeek · since 2011
-
Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Anderlecht · since 2012
-
Ganshoren · since 1968
-
Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ELEVAGE ET FABRICATION D'ALIMENTS POUR BETAIL · Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Ath · since 1980
-
Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION FORESTIERE, AGRICOLE ET DE CONSEIL · Logging · Braine-le-Comte · since 1987
-
Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Brussel · since 1991
-
Abbreviation of Service d'Education et de Formation Populaire · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2000
-
Plumbing work · Damme · since 2018
-
Roofing work · Heers · since 2018
-
Fitness centres · since 2022
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2010
-
Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Héron · since 2003
-
Activities of head offices · Beerse · since 2026
-
Trade name of BASF · Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Ludwigshafen · since 1971
-
Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2013
-
Abbreviation of Socio Economica · Antwerpen · since 2013
-
Abbreviation of SEVEN EVENTS · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Brussel · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of Service Equation · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2017
-
Abbreviation of Sandicoly Ecofarm · Lummen · since 2017
-
Abbreviation of Social Energy · Elsene · since 2017
-
Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
-
General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2019
-
Abbreviation of sport ensemble · Brussel · since 2020
-
Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2020
-
Abbreviation of Stock Electrics · General electrical installation work · Herenthout · since 2023
-
Abbreviation of Science Europe · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2011
-
Abbreviation of SUEÑO DE ESPAÑA · Ramillies · since 2012
-
Abbreviation of SomethingEls · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kapellen · since 2024
-
Retail sale of women's outerwear · Anderlecht · since 2025
-
Abbreviation of Studio Elevate · Wuustwezel · since 2025
-
Leuven · since 1965
-
Herstal · since 2006
-
Retail sale of other household articles · Mons · since 2002