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.
“SMEGOS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of SMEVAGO · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Arendonk · since 2005
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Arendonk · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE MEDICALE D'ECHANGES DES GENERALISTES ET SPECIALISTES · Charleroi · since 1998
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of NV SMEG BELGIUM SA · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Société momentanée BESIX-VANHOUT · Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE MANAGEMENT ERIC GREGOIRE · Business and other management consultancy · Braives · since 2009
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Halle · since 1988
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN GROUP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES (GROUPE EUROPEEN POUR LES ETUDES ORGANISATIONNELLES · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1998
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Warehousing and storage · Gent · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Société mosane d'Exploitation et de Gestion · Namur · since 1984