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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Simo, Eric”

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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Pet boarding · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1991
  • Sole trader very similar
    Roofing work · since 1987
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1986
  • SIMO very similar
    Name of an establishment of AS MEAT · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2007
  • SIMO very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Mons · since 2023
  • Simo very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kruisem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1996
  • SIMOEN similar
    Freight transport by road · Waasmunster · since 2011
  • Market research and public opinion polling · Frameries · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
  • SIMOENS similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Oostende · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    General cleaning of buildings · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2026

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