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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.

“SEMIR”

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  • 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).
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Same or very similar names

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SEMIR same name
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2024
  • SEMIR same name
    Other business support services · Oudsbergen · since 2024
  • SEMIRA very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 2018
  • SEMIN very similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ENTREPRISES MOBILIERS ET IMMOBILIERES · Basel 4000 · since 1993
  • SEMIH very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1998
  • SEM-IS very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1998
  • SEMIH very similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2016
  • Semin SA very similar
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Kedange sur Canner · since 2006
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SEMi similar
    Abbreviation of SERVICE ENTRAIDE MIGRANTS · Other social work without accommodation · Gembloux · since 1994
  • SEMI similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · CALIFORNIE · since 2019
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
  • SEMICO similar
    Abbreviation of Seminar and Congress Organisation Office · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 1993
  • Semica similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Keerbergen · since 2014
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
  • SeMila similar
    Advertising agencies · Harelbeke · since 2022
  • SEMIHH similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2022
  • SEMIHA similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2011
  • Semian similar
    Geel · since 2026
  • SEM similar
    Abbreviation of Sport Education Méhaigne · Contract catering and other food service activities · Braives · since 1990
  • SEM similar
    Investigation and private security services · Ieper · since 1991
  • SEM similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • SEM similar
    Abbreviation of SCAFFIDI EBENISTERIE MENUISERIE · Joinery installation · Fleurus · since 1999
  • S.E.M. similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Schaarbeek · since 2000
  • SEM similar
    Abbreviation of SCHONKEREN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2001
  • Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2025
  • SEM similar
    Abbreviation of Sustainable Estate Management · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Héron · since 2021
  • Other postal and courier activities · since 2023
  • SEM similar
    Abbreviation of Sécurité en Mouvement · Ferrières · since 2026
  • Semisto similar
    Urban planning and landscape architecture · Yvoir · since 2022
  • Insulation installation · since 2024
  • EMIR similar
    Abbreviation of Etude du Milieu rural · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
  • EMIR similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Châtelet · since 2020
  • Emir similar
    Development of residential building projects · Balen · since 2020
  • Emir similar
    Support activities for crop production · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • S.E.M. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1991
  • SEM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of SÉMILLE · Anderlecht · since 2012

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