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.
“Shinka”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2019
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Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of AGBENT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of SHUNKA LEGAL · Activities of lawyers · Eeklo · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of PROFITS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenburg · since 2004
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Aarschot · since 1992
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Ukkel · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of ILLUMINATIO · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2001
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Translation services · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2017
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Other educational support services · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt-Winge · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2005
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other personal services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Chaudfontaine · since 2015
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Waterloo · since 1992
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Event catering · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Arendonk · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Deerlijk · since 2026
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Other cleaning activities · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2008