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.
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Merbes-le-Château · since 2006
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Services et Matériels · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liège · since 1975
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kaprijke · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Plastering work · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of SEMATEX OPERATIONS · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Zele · since 1989
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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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Abbreviation of SERVICES-MANAGEMENT and TECHNOLOGIES · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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ARTOGNE · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Société Européenne de Montage, D'Assistance et de Construction · Paris 10e · since 1968
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Poperinge · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Overijse · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Perwez · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of SEMAO SRL · Business and other management consultancy · Eghezée · since 2019
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Mons · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Proefboren en boren · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ETUDE DE MATERIEL D'EMBOUTEILLAGE · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Péruwelz · since 1984
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Abbreviation of SEMINAIRE ESTIVAL DE MUSIQUE EN WALLONIE · Spa · since 1995