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.
“SMU”
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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Activities of holding companies · Lochristi · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Sports Market Update · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Other legal services · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2022
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2015
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2022
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Kortrijk · since 2023
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Youth work associations · Diest · since 1970
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Hasselt · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SMUDE VZW · Other amusement and recreation activities · Diksmuide · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Herent · since 2023
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2009
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Bewerken van diamant · since 2010
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Retail sale of household furniture · Merchtem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of AISNE ET MEUSE · Erezée · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2013
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Abbreviation of SISTER MAY · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Roeselare · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Paroisse Orthodoxe Sainte Marina · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Mechelen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Sport Mixte ASBL · Namur · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Les Bons Villers · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SM JDN-BESIX SAM3 · Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Aalst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SMART PROJECT · General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Etablissement SADZOT-MICHAUX · Gedinne · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017