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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Shell, David”

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.

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Same or very similar names

16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Advertising agencies · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
  • SHELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of E.H. BUSINESS · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Edegem · since 1993
  • SHELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of THE GLORIOUS CLEANING · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ichtegem · since 2000
  • SHELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of ALHAMD TRADES · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Brugge · since 2000
  • SHELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of L & R - LEASE & RENT · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Mechelen · since 2002
  • SHELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of FLAVIO · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Mons · since 2003
  • Sole trader very similar
    Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 1987
  • Sole trader very similar
    Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · since 1992
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1987
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1998
  • SHELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of L.P. OIL · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Gerpinnes · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · since 1987
  • Shell very similar
    Name of an establishment of P.R.S. · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Schoten · since 2007
  • SHELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of L'UNIQUE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bornem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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