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.
“SHADES”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2021
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · As · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2015
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Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door andere energiebronnen dan elektriciteit · since 2013
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Employment placement agencies · Stekene · since 2021
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Lommel · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1957
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Couvin · since 2003
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Finishing of textiles · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Landen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SHAPES METALWORKS · Machining of metals · Kuurne · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SHAPES IMMO · Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Kuurne · since 2006
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Nijlen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Kraainem · since 2023
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ukkel · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kapellen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Solsties · Other retail sale of food · Hulshout · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lede · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Paris · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Association des Employes Sabena · Jette · since 1964
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Removal services · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mouscron · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2012