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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.

“SILK”

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  • 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.
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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SILK same name
    Groothandel in granen en zaden · Verviers · since 2013
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
  • SILK same name
    Abbreviation of Société Immobilière Lefebvre Kisma · Ukkel · since 2012
  • SILK same name
    Activities of holding companies · Ledegem · since 2008
  • Silk same name
    Trade name of Silk - Science of Sales · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SILKS similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Halle · since 2002
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
  • Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1991
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
  • SILKO similar
    Visé · since 2009
  • SILKR similar
    Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2024
  • SIL similar
    Name of an establishment of Sense Interior & Services · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Knokke-Heist · since 1982
  • SILKCO similar
    Antwerpen · since 1991
  • S.I.L. similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Beerse · since 2001
  • SIL similar
    Joinery installation · Genk · since 2002
  • SIL similar
    Abbreviation of Smart Insights Lab · Business and other management consultancy · Ronse · since 2016
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
  • S.I.L. similar
    Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Olen · since 2020
  • SIL similar
    Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2020
  • SIL similar
    Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 2021
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
  • Silkose similar
    Activities of head offices · Gent · since 1927
  • SILKE VH similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Rotselaar · since 2019
  • SILKING similar
    Name of an establishment of SCALAS Home · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
  • SILKORA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Willebroek · since 2026
  • Sila similar
    Anderlecht · since 1988
  • SILI similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Willebroek · since 1989
  • S.I.L.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Syndicat d'Initiative de La Reid · Theux · since 1991
  • SILC similar
    Name of an establishment of ERFU INTERNATIONAL · Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
  • SILA similar
    Office administrative and support services · Aarschot · since 1995
  • SILH similar
    Abbreviation of SYNDICAT D'INITIATIVE ET DE TOURISME DE LA HULPE - Terre de Sculpture · La Hulpe · since 2001
  • SILA similar
    Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2003
  • SILA similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Brasschaat · since 2018
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
  • SILP similar
    Abbreviation of Soins Infi Lo Prestigieux · Flémalle · since 2019
  • SIL-T similar
    Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2020
  • General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2020
  • SILT similar
    Advertising agencies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
  • SILO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Ham · since 2021
  • SILT similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Brugge · since 2022
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2022
  • SiLo similar
    Raising of horses and other equines · Putte · since 2022
  • SILO similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ath · since 2008
  • SILU similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Maaseik · since 2012
  • SILW similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE IMMOBILIERE DES LONGUES WAIDES · Verviers · since 2004
  • SILO similar
    Abbreviation of SOUTIEN AUX INITIATIVES LOCALES · Oudergem · since 2008
  • SILO similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Hasselt · since 2024
  • Silt similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Enghien · since 2024
  • SILO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Wijnegem · since 2024
  • Retail sale of other household articles · since 2025
  • Si-Li similar
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Willebroek · since 2025
  • SILA similar
    Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2026
  • SILA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1992
  • SILA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1995
  • SILO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2010

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