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.
“Sampo”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Screed work · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Brakel · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lint · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SINT-ALOYSIUSCOLLEGE · Menen · since 1929
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Abbreviation of Société des Auxiliaires des Missions · Activities of religious organisations · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1930
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Abbreviation of SAM global · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE AGRICOLE de MEESTER · Halle · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE AUTOMOBILIE DE MAIZERET · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Andenne · since 1990
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Destelbergen · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jabbeke · since 1995
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Name of an establishment · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Fleurus · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Service d'Actions musicales · Liège · since 1997
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2002
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Roeselare · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SAFETY ADVICE MANAGEMENT · Overige openbare orde en civiele veiligheid · Zottegem · since 2013
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Other business support services · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association SAM · Jette · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 1974
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Computer programming · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Mechelen · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SAM, STEUNPUNT MENS EN SAMENLEVING · Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of SAM le réseau des aidants · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Social Art Media · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Nandrin · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2017
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Other business support services · since 2019
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE ART MOUREAU · Business and other management consultancy · Burdinne · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Willebroek · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Steven's Association Moonrise · Overijse · since 2009
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Plastering work · since 2009
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Screed work · Zaventem · since 2010
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Liège · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SPORTS ADVICE & MANAGEMENT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of A. SCHRYVERS · Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SAM A.Z. · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SYNERGIE AFRICA MOND EXOTIC · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aubange · since 2024
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Cultural education · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Stockcoach Automotive Marketplace · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tienen · since 2024
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ZAZAWIE · Other software publishing · Jabbeke · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · Schoten · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Société d'Application technique moderne · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1961
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Painting of buildings · since 1998
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since 2008