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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SMF”

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.

  • SMF same name
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • S.M.F. same name
    Abbreviation of Super Moto Factory · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2007
  • SMF same name
    Abbreviation of SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Hensies · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SMFK similar
    Abbreviation of société médicale Fanny KAESMACHER · Specialist medical practice · Donceel · since 2024
  • Other education · since 2026
  • S.M. similar
    Abbreviation of AISNE ET MEUSE · Erezée · since 1994
  • SM+ similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2013
  • SM similar
    Abbreviation of SISTER MAY · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Roeselare · since 2017
  • General electrical installation work · since 2020
  • SM similar
    Abbreviation of Paroisse Orthodoxe Sainte Marina · Schaarbeek · since 2022
  • S.M. similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Mechelen · since 2008
  • SM similar
    Abbreviation of Sport Mixte ASBL · Namur · since 2024
  • SM similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Les Bons Villers · since 2023
  • SM similar
    Name of an establishment of SM JDN-BESIX SAM3 · Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Aalst · since 2024
  • SM similar
    Abbreviation of SMART PROJECT · General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2025
  • S.M. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Etablissement SADZOT-MICHAUX · Gedinne · since 1986
  • SM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2017

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