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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.

“SHINE”

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

35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Shine same name
    Name of an establishment of ILLUMINATIO · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2001
  • SHINE same name
    Translation services · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • Other educational support services · since 2018
  • Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
  • SHINE same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
  • Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
  • SHINE same name
    Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2022
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2005
  • Shine same name
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • Shine same name
    Other personal services · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • SHINEX very similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Waterloo · since 1992
  • SHINES very similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Arendonk · since 2024
  • SHINE2 very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2025
  • Shine IT very similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
  • SHINE ON very similar
    Painting of buildings · Pajottegem · since 2018
  • Shine 48 very similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Mons · since 2023
  • SHINE HR very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 2025
  • SHINE UP very similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Vilvoorde · since 2026
  • SHINE STONE very similar
    Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1996
  • SUN SHINE very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Diest · since 1998
  • SHINE ART very similar
    Name of an establishment of Triple S Plus · Retail sale of footwear · Elsene · since 1999
  • SHINE PRO very similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
  • Shinv very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2017
  • SON-SHINE very similar
    Abbreviation of OpdeplekvandeSON · Mechelen · since 2018
  • Shiny (sole trader) very similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
  • SoO SHiNE very similar
    Name of an establishment of CLEANING SOLUTIONS BELGIUM · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Evere · since 2021
  • Shino very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tielt-Winge · since 2023
  • SHINR (sole trader) very similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
  • SHINO very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2024
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
  • &Shine very similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2019
  • Shine & Ride very similar
    Trade name of BEST 1 · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Hasselt · since 2025
  • Shiny very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other cleaning activities · since 2023
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SHIN similar
    Ukkel · since 1977
  • SHAHINE similar
    Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Grez-Doiceau · since 1992
  • SHIRINE similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 2019
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2022
  • Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2024
  • Shinese similar
    Name of an establishment of de chinezen · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Schaarbeek · since 2024
  • Sunshine similar
    Diksmuide · since 1996
  • SUNSHINE similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Diepenbeek · since 1999
  • SUNSHINE similar
    Leuven · since 2000
  • SUNSHINE similar
    Cafés and bars · Erpe-Mere · since 2003
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1986
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1994
  • Sanshine similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2021
  • Sunshine similar
    Name of an establishment of RELAXSUN · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • SUNSHINE similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Leopoldsburg · since 2011
  • SUNSHINE similar
    Name of an establishment of SUNSHINE I.E.G. · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Schaarbeek · since 2005
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2024
  • SUNSHINE similar
    La Louvière · since 2024
  • Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
  • Shinex BE similar
    Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · Ravels · since 2025
  • Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026
  • Snowshine similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lubbeek · since 2015
  • SHINEX EU similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021

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