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.
“SERF”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Décines · since 2018
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · Maarkedal · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2004
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Abbreviation of SERAING ATHLETISME · Andere drinkgelegenheden · Seraing · since 1985
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE D'EXPLOITATION RADIOPHONIQUE · Liège · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Service et Financière · Elsene · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Studio Evo Records · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Saint-Nicolas · since 2020
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Mechelen · since 2024
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Les Bons Villers · since 1984
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Linter · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2018
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Sociaal Economische Raad van Vlaanderen · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Brussel · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes de Réalisations Valenciennoise · Valenciennes · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes et de Réalisations architecturales · Landscape service activities · Châtelet · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Rochefort · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ETUDE ET DE REFLEXION EN KINESITHERAPIE · Vocational training · Charleroi · since 1989
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Elsene · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Kompas · Land surveying · Koksijde · since 2014
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DE RESSOURCES HUMAINES · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Destelbergen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Startup Europe Regions Network · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 2016
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PARIS · since 2016
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Safety & Emergency Response Training · Other education · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
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Sports and recreation education · Linter · since 2025
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2025
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Dienstencentrum Informatie SERFO - Service Information SERFO - Service Information Center · Leuven · since 1995
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Abbreviation of SANI-ELEC RENOVE · Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of JJ&L · Other printing · Ganshoren · since 2014