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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.

“SILFIN”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SILFIN same name
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 1999
  • SILIN very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Buggenhout · since 2024
  • SOLFIN very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1988
  • FilFin very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2017
  • SIMFIN very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Welkenraedt · since 2021
  • SINFIN very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2021
  • NILFIN very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Hooglede · since 2023
  • Salfin very similar
    Other information service activities · Temse · since 2025
  • Selfin very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société d'Elevage et de Financements · Brussel · since 1948
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SIMPLFIN similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2024
  • Silverfin similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2013
  • SILFRA similar
    Computer programming · Halen · since 2011
  • General electrical installation work · since 2026

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