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.
“SILMACO”
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.
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Vervaardiging van andere anorganische chemische basisproducten · Lanaken · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Lievegem · since 2000
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Computer programming · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2016
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · BURG BROHL · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Deerlijk · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Nivelles · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of RAMEN DEGRANDE · Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2010
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Aalst · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Screen Inks Manufacturing Company · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1970
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · since 1980
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Computer programming · Wommelgem · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Beernem · since 2024
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Computer programming · Estinnes · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Translation services · Geraardsbergen · since 2011
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Boortmeerbeek · since 2026
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Nivelles · since 1996