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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Shippr”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SHIP similar
    Abbreviation of SHIP Immobilier · Real estate agency activities · Theux · since 1997
  • SHIPPICS similar
    Other photographic activities · Peer · since 2026
  • SHIPEX similar
    Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1982
  • Shipto similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Zaventem · since 2018
  • ShipCo similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2021
  • Ship.Co similar
    Name of an establishment of PLOUVIER GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2008
  • SHIPIT similar
    Name of an establishment of Shipit Terminal · Warehousing and storage · Stabroek · since 2003
  • Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2024
  • SHIPKA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aarschot · since 1992

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