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.
“Shark”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Mons · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2010
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Nijlen · since 2004
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SEN.O TRANSPORT · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Ganshoren · since 2025
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Knokke-Heist · since 1984
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Profondeville Sharks · Football clubs · Profondeville · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Enghien · since 2003
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Herentals · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Aarschot · since 1988
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Employment placement agencies · since 2014
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Web portal activities · Vosselaar · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Brussel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of SOULMATES2007 · Hairdressing and barber services · De Haan · since 2021
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Abbreviation of European Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities Research relating to Ionizing Radiation · Oudergem · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Liège · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MOH SA GROUPE · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of social human association real exchange · Ukkel · since 2009
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of KLAUSI · Cafés and bars · Ganshoren · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2022
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Production of cinema films · since 2022
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Other tax advisory services · Gent · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oudsbergen · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Wervik · since 2013
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Charleroi · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Wholesale of other food products · Elsene · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roeselare · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2010
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Damme · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SALM HORSES AGRI · Mixed farming · Bastogne · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · Jette · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SUN HOPE ASSOCIATION · since 2007
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Dilbeek · since 2014
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Brugge · since 1986
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Brugge · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of WILCO · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Knokke-Heist · since 1988