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.
“Scherp”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2010
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Beringen · since 2026
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2015
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Wemmel · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Raising of dairy cattle · Philippeville · since 1996
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Scherma Aalst · Activities of other sports clubs · Aalst · since 1994
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Gembloux · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Knokke-Heist · since 2005
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Alken · since 1999
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Lummen · since 1989
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Heuvelland · since 1990
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2023
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Kampenhout · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · Berlare · since 2024
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of ARMELA · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Anima Brussels · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Mechelen · since 1996
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Lummen · since 2012
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Removal services · Antwerpen · since 2014
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since 1989
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Dental practice · Chaudfontaine · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Herent · since 2018
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other construction installation · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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since 1983
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Painting of buildings · since 2002
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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since 2022