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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SICHEM”

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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SICHEM same name
    Vervaardiging van andere anorganische chemische basisproducten · Courcelles · since 2022
  • SICHER very similar
    Other research and development on natural sciences · Balen · since 2014
  • Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2025
  • SCHEM very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Lummen · since 1989
  • SIHEM (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2016
  • SICEM very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
  • MICHEM very similar
    Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Dendermonde · since 1993
  • Sictem very similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Lokeren · since 2020
  • SACHEM very similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Liège · since 2003
  • S.I.C.E.M. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société Industrielle et Commerciale Electro-Mécanique · Liège · since 1968
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SICHA similar
    Abbreviation of SYNDICAT D'INITIATIVE ET CERCLE D'HISTOIRE D'AUDERGHEM · Oudergem · since 1997
  • Sichar similar
    Brussel · since 2006

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