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.
“SHAPE_IT”
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haacht · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of ONTWERPBURO SHAPE · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL · Travel agency activities · Brussel · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2007
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Hoofdkwartier van de Geallieerde Opperbevelhebber in Europa · Activiteiten van extraterritoriale organisaties en instanties · Mons · since 1983
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2000
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tremelo · since 2021
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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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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Holsbeek · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SHAPE H.Q.AND UNITED KINGDOM SUPPORT UNIT.Q.M. C.L.O. · Activiteiten van extraterritoriale organisaties en instanties · Mons · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Sport Health And Performance · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2022