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.
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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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Services Maternels et Infantiles · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Schaarbeek · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Sankt Vith · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SKY MAN INTERNATIONAL · Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Boom · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gembloux · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SERVICE DE MAINTENANCE INDUSTRIELLE · Machining of metals · Herstal · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Spark Management International · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SPORT MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Mouscron · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SISTERS MORIAU INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tournai · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van industriële gassen · Charleroi · since 1991
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Abbreviation of STRATEGY, MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENTS · Rixensart · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Vrij Onderwijs Regio Aalst · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Aalst · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Solution Modulable Intégrée · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Dison · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Service Mobile Infirmier LiégEois · Nursing and midwifery · Liège · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SOINS MEDICAUX INFIRMIERS LEJEUNE · Nursing and midwifery · Houyet · since 2023
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société Mobilière et Immobilière de Gestion · Elsene · since 1983
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Soumagne · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 2015
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Soignies · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2026
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Almelo · since 1968
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Gent · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Wommelgem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE MANAGEMENT POUR L'INDUSTRIE ET LA LIBRE ENTREPRISE · Market research and public opinion polling · Rixensart · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Service de Médecine interne, de Radiothérapie et de Neurologie · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Léglise · since 1992
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Nassogne · since 1993
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Site preparation · Wuustwezel · since 1994
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Wholesale of live animals · Lille · since 1998
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Kalmthout · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2013
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Genk · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of SMILE.be · Other non-specialised retail sale · Verviers · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2019
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Brussel · since 2020
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1992
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Name of AS.SOCIATE HR · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brussel · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Sportsminded · Other sports activities · Zemst · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Tienen · since 2012
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since 1981
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brussel · since 2005
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Avelgem · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Mechelen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Entreprises Cherain · Flémalle · since 1967
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Elsene · since 1968
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Brussel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Etablissement SADZOT-MICHAUX · Gedinne · since 1986