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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SHANNON”

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

31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Shanna similar
    Name of an establishment of FRAUSSEN-DOLMANS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Lanaken · since 2000
  • SHAN similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2018
  • Fonds Hannon similar
    Brussel · since 1933
  • Siebe Hannon (sole trader) similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
  • SHANA similar
    Anderlecht · since 2001
  • Shana (sole trader) similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
  • SHAN-B similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2009
  • SHANO similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · Genk · since 2012
  • SHAON similar
    Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2007
  • S.H.A.N.A. similar
    Office administrative and support services · Hasselt · since 2008
  • Shans (sole trader) similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · since 2025

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