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.
“Samenwerk”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2005
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Gent · since 1932
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 1978
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Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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ARNHEM · since 2021
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Anzegem · since 2026
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Tielt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of WADAJIR - SAMEN · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Brussel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SamEn voor elkaar · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1998
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Name of ES3 · Handel in elektriciteit · Wemmel · since 2024
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Neupré · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lede · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2002
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Gent · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Roeselare · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Assenede · since 1985
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'APPLICATION DE MACHINES ENDOTHERMIQUES FRANCE · Maisons-ALfort · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Solidarity Action day Movement in Europe · Brussel · since 2016
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Pecq · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2008
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1982
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Abbreviation of SAMENWERKINGSVERENIGING VOOR CHRONISCHE PIJNPATIENTEN · Temse · since 1999
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since 1986
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Roosdaal · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 1921
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Brugge · since 1922
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Leuven · since 1923
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since 1945
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since 2020