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.
“SHK”
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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Vilvoorde · since 2000
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Seniors@Home · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Ukkel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SLEEP@HOME · Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Sociaal Herbronnen · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Safehouse · Mechelen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Save Heart · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of SH Kempen · General construction of residential buildings · Zoersel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of SoHo · Development of residential building projects · Schoten · since 2003
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2006
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SUPPLY HUB · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DESIGNE INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Tielt-Winge · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SCHELDEMAN - HUYBENS · Groothandel in verpakkingsmachines en weegtoestellen · Antwerpen · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023