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.
“SHELLTERWOOD”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of timber · Retie · since 2010
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Liège · since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · Elsene · since 2018
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Mol · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Productions Associées · Office administrative and support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2008
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Gent · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Hasselt · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Hasselt · since 1968
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Brussel · since 1990
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Gent · since 1996
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Development of residential building projects · Zelzate · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Shelter Aalst VZW · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Aalst · since 2017
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of E.H. BUSINESS · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Edegem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of THE GLORIOUS CLEANING · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ichtegem · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ALHAMD TRADES · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Brugge · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of L & R - LEASE & RENT · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Mechelen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of FLAVIO · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Mons · since 2003
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · since 1992
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1987
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of L.P. OIL · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Gerpinnes · since 2010
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of P.R.S. · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Schoten · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of L'UNIQUE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bornem · since 2007