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.
“SEMSA”
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
2 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 · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1998
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Roeselare · since 1993
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Other retail sale of food · Leuven · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Venturelink · Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Sioen Engineering and Management Services · Activities of head offices · Roosdaal · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Société d'Exploitation des Etablissements Mentre et Cie SARL · Dunkerque · since 1973
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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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Machining of metals · since 2007
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Manufacture of jewellery · Nazareth · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN MOBILE SEED ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of S.E.M.S. Ships Electronics and Marine Services · Gent · since 1968
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SÉMILLE · Anderlecht · since 2012