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.
“SMAKS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Herent · since 2018
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Buggenhout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of R-SMAK · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2016
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of AGB Kunsten en Erfgoed Gent · Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of VLADIMIR · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Tournai · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BVBA FOODYS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Herselt · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of SMAKHOEKJE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Lasne · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SEMPELS MANAGEMENT AGENCY · Performing arts by independent artists · Aarschot · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SOILE ET MEHAIGNE AMBRESINOISE · Hannut · since 1992
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Abbreviation of STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES · Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Wielsbeke · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SEIGNEURIE MICHELANGE · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Chaudfontaine · since 2001
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Paris · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Square Mile Advisory · Business and other management consultancy · Aywaille · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Ans · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Siau Management Advisory · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Opwijk · since 2021
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Perwez · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SCHIEMANN MANAGEMENT & ADVIES · Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of SALES AND MARKETING ADVICE · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ramillies · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
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Other retail sale of food · since 2015
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · Nijlen · since 2016
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Insulation installation · Brugge · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2010