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.
“SHABO”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2013
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Pepinster · since 2013
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zaventem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of AFRO WORLD · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Brussel · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Staden · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ukkel · since 1994
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Tournai · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2011
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Hasselt · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Deinze · since 2020
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Dental practice · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Nursing and midwifery · Tielt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SALM HORSES AGRI · Mixed farming · Bastogne · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · Jette · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SUN HOPE ASSOCIATION · since 2007
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Brussel · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van geassembleerde parketvloeren · Genk · since 1956
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's-Gravenhage · since 1987
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Landscape service activities · Liedekerke · since 2010
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Other construction installation · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Huisartsen van Brugge en Omgeving · Advertising agencies · Brugge · since 2004
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Abbreviation of HABO HOLDING · Activities of holding companies · Herve · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Westerlo · since 1985