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.
“Samenwerken”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 1932
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2019
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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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Antwerpen · since 1978
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Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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ARNHEM · since 2021
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Other social work without accommodation · Mortsel · since 2014
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Temse · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Koksijde · since 1987
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Other social work without accommodation · Menen · since 1992
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Site preparation · since 2022
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Other construction installation · since 2022
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Andere instellingen met huisvesting voor personen met een mentale handicap of psychiatrische problemen en voor drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Peer · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Zwalm · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2018
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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