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.
“SHONA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Chastre · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Strategic Habitat Organizer for New Environments · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 2001
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2002
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Hasselt · since 2008
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Homo en Natura · Tielt-Winge · since 1970
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Abbreviation of HOPE OF NATIONS · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2024
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1982