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.
“SEMAPHORE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Youth work associations · Anderlecht · since 1984
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Paris 20 · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Espace Sémaphore asbl :Centre de Psychologie et Sociologie Interculturelle · Psychology services · Mons · since 2018
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Research and development on biotechnology · Jodoigne · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of HP Decor & Concept · Other building finishing work · Deinze · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Société d'Exploitation des Machines automatiques · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Saint-Ghislain · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SERVICES & MATERIEL · Machining of metals · Pepinster · since 1993
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Web portal activities · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2013
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Abbreviation of servir ensemble main dans la main · since 2013
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Abbreviation of ASBL SEMA · Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Roofing work · Izegem · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · Beerse · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Wuustwezel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Flémalle · since 2026
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SEMINAIRE ESTIVAL DE MUSIQUE EN WALLONIE · Spa · since 1995