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.
“SF TRADE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Arlon · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Rijkevorsel · since 2007
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Detailhandel in wapens en munitie · Perwez · since 2016
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Name of SL TRADE BVBA · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Ukkel · since 1975
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waregem · since 2016
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Beloeil · since 2025
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Wuustwezel · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van synthetische rubber in primaire vormen · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brecht · since 2019
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Retail sale of household furniture · Ukkel · since 2021
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Groothandel in papier- en kartonwaren · Hensies · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Operation of sports facilities · Herselt · since 2010
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Geel · since 2023