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.
“Semco”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roofing work · since 2024
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Other technical testing and analysis · Lochristi · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Sempels Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SNEYDERS · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Herentals · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortrijk · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Seminar and Congress Organisation Office · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 1993
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2023
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Plastering work · since 2022
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Sport Education Méhaigne · Contract catering and other food service activities · Braives · since 1990
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Investigation and private security services · Ieper · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SCAFFIDI EBENISTERIE MENUISERIE · Joinery installation · Fleurus · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SCHONKEREN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2001
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Sustainable Estate Management · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Héron · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Sécurité en Mouvement · Ferrières · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SOCIAAL BEMIDDELINGSCOOPERATIE · Leuven · since 1991
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 1992
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2001
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Walhain · since 2017
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen · Mol · since 2018
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Plastering work · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2009
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Niklaas · since 2006
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1978
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Abbreviation of QAD EUROPE · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Waasmunster · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1973
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SÉMILLE · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Charleroi · since 1946