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.
“SMETS-ROMMES”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in parket-, laminaat- en kurkvloeren · Dessel · since 1997
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Freight transport by road · Lommel · since 2015
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Trade name of IEF SMETS · Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Dessel · since 2019
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1979
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Joinery installation · Retie · since 1981
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Meise · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 1989
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1998
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1977
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 2021
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Kippenkwekerijen · Kasterlee · since 2009
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General medical practice · Schilde · since 2012
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Raising of dairy cattle · Holsbeek · since 2012
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Raising of dairy cattle · Kasterlee · since 2004
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Mixed farming · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Putte · since 2026
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Zemst · since 2026
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Santé Mentale et Exclusion Sociale - Belgique · Activiteiten van centra voor geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Saint Mard Energy Storage · Opslag van elektriciteit · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1980
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1992