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.
“SILKS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Halle · since 2002
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Visé · since 2009
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2024
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Verviers · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Société Immobilière Lefebvre Kisma · Ukkel · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Ledegem · since 2008
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Trade name of Silk - Science of Sales · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Mechelen · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2020
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Sense Interior & Services · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Knokke-Heist · since 1982
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Performing arts by independent artists · Beerse · since 2001
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Joinery installation · Genk · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Smart Insights Lab · Business and other management consultancy · Ronse · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Olen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 1927
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Hairdressing and barber services · Rotselaar · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of SCALAS Home · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Willebroek · since 2026