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.
“SHIMEDIA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Kruisem · since 2004
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Paris · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2008
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · since 2008
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Genappe · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 1989
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Web portal activities · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of PUBLICAHUY · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Nandrin · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of UniversalEvent · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Jurbise · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
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Houyet · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of MindSync · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1999
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Beringen · since 2021
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News agency activities · Oudergem · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS INTERACTIVE MEDIA · Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rumst · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Hasselt · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1988
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Event catering · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Shamania · Other photographic activities · Zuienkerke · since 2017
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1981
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Advertising agencies · Rochefort · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of NET-MEASURE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hoeilaart · since 2012
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Ukkel · since 1989
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Anderlecht · since 1985