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.
“SHIVA”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 2009
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Other retail sale of food · since 1983
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Keerbergen · since 2022
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since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Lasne · since 2022
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Asse · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Jette · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Borsbeek · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of AV TEAM GROUP · Cafés and bars · Boussu · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of GENTEM · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Boussu · since 2008
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 1991
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herselt · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Vocational training · since 2005
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Name of UNION and CONFEDERATE - Trade · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waterloo · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van onderdelen van elektrische installaties · Veurne · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2025
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Abbreviation of 3B Constructions et Toitures · General construction of residential buildings · Lens (Hainaut) · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Straightforward Human Impact · Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SUITE HOME INTERIOR · Other building finishing work · Floreffe · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2026
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Productie en distributie van stoom en gekoelde lucht · Ingelmunster · since 2003
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Oostende · since 2018
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Jabbeke · since 2011