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.
“SMEDIA”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1994
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of MindSync · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Computer programming · Zulte · since 2018
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Other photographic activities · since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1999
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Beringen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ISMEDIA PRODUCTION · Charleroi · since 2021
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News agency activities · Oudergem · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Web portal activities · since 2024
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2026
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Pelt · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Photography, excluding press photography · Diepenbeek · since 2019
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · since 1983
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Anderlecht · since 1985
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of IBIS MED · Specialist medical practice · Asse · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of HENNEBERT-SEYNS · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Oudenaarde · since 1968
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Willebroek · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Tourist information services · Seraing · since 1993
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Abbreviation of GROUPE SUDMEDIA · Uitgeven van kranten · Namur · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Meise · since 1999
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Ukkel · since 2012
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Seneffe · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · Brecht · since 2017
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Uitgeven van kranten · Hoogstraten · since 2018
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Other photographic activities · Leuven · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Riemst · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Beerse · since 2023
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Web portal activities · Drogenbos · since 2023
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Computer programming · Waregem · since 2009
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Kruisem · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Ath · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Dendermonde · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2015