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.
“SEMIFOOD”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Dinant · since 2022
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Anderlecht · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nivelles · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of BFOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2009
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of J.K. MESTERIJEN · Raising of dairy cattle · Pelt · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Seraing · since 2010
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Abbreviation of SERVICE ENTRAIDE MIGRANTS · Other social work without accommodation · Gembloux · since 1994
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · CALIFORNIE · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Panne · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2013