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.
“SEMEX”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Nijlen · since 2008
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Computer programming · Veurne · since 2023
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Schaarbeek · since 2013
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Zemst · since 1999
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Abbreviation of SEMEUR D'ESPERANCE · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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Liège · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Laakdal · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Logistics services · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Sport Education Méhaigne · Contract catering and other food service activities · Braives · since 1990
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Investigation and private security services · Ieper · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SCAFFIDI EBENISTERIE MENUISERIE · Joinery installation · Fleurus · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SCHONKEREN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2001
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Sustainable Estate Management · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Héron · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Sécurité en Mouvement · Ferrières · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1983
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Vorst · since 1988
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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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Coueron · since 1994
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Grevenmacher · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2012
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Oudsbergen · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hoeilaart · since 2009
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2010
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2004
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SÉMILLE · Anderlecht · since 2012