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.
“SEPHORA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · SARAN · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Remicourt · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Kruisem · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · Staden · since 2022
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Brussel · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Affligem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Mouscron · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Ukkel · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Chièvres · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2006