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.
“Silvertone”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Literary creation · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Elst · since 1985
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Ukkel · since 1994
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Real estate agency activities · Faimes · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of BELGIAN VOLITION · Research and development on biotechnology · Gembloux · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Esneux · since 1997
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR HET INTERCOMMUNAAL VERVOER TE BRUSSEL · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2001
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1973
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Development of non-residential building projects · Schoten · since 2013
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Brugge · since 2019
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Holsbeek · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Machining of metals · since 1995
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Leuven · since 1998
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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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Name of an establishment of HOSPITIUM GENT · Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Dendermonde · since 2008
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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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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Stavelot · since 2002
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 2002
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Overige bemiddeling in effecten- en goederencontracten, muv crowdfunding · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schoten · since 2024
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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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Real estate agency activities · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Waterloo · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of CM Realty · Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Seneffe · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2013
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2013
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Computer programming · Mons · since 2015
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Leuven · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2017
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Geetbets · since 2021
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Vilvoorde · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Vilvoorde · since 1968
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Oostende · since 1993