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.
“SHALCO”
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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Willebroek · since 2011
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Malle · since 1986
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Blokker · since 1988
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kasterlee · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Sint-Albertuscollege - Haasrode · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Leuven · since 1989
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2007
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Abbreviation of ETABLISSEMENTS SCALCO · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Oupeye · since 1974
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Activities of holding companies · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Diepenbeek · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Arendonk · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SEA AIR LAND CONTROL ORGANISM · Oostende · since 1977
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 2017
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Jette · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Lanaken · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2008
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Begijnendijk · since 1987
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Ukkel · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Seraing · since 2014