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.
“Silver Shift”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Lede · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SECURE INTELLIGENT LIVING VEROUGSTRAETE · General electrical installation work · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Brussel · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of SHEVCHENKO · Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SOCIAL HAPPINESS WITH FUTURE TEACHING · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 1994
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Socio-cultural adult education · Boortmeerbeek · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wervik · since 2018
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · since 2011
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Kampenhout · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nieuwpoort · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1988
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RIJEN · since 2012
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Other sports activities · Diepenbeek · since 2005
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 2002
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Elst · since 1985
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Ukkel · since 1994
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since 1988
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1993
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since 1988
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Retail sale of other household articles · Nieuwpoort · since 1995
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Operation of sports facilities · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Name of vzw De Verffabriek · Gent · since 2021
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Vilvoorde · since 1968