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.
“Smans”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Turnhout · since 1998
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Development of residential building projects · Temse · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Halle · since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 2003
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1980
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Mixed farming · since 1986
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Lochristi · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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since 2013
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since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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since 1986
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since 1975
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Equestrian clubs · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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since 1987
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2004
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2008
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Other personal services · since 2023
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of roads and motorways · Balen · since 2009
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Gent · since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1988
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Joinery installation · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2007
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Lasne · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SEMPELS MANAGEMENT AGENCY · Performing arts by independent artists · Aarschot · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SOILE ET MEHAIGNE AMBRESINOISE · Hannut · since 1992
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Abbreviation of STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES · Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Wielsbeke · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SEIGNEURIE MICHELANGE · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Chaudfontaine · since 2001
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Paris · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Square Mile Advisory · Business and other management consultancy · Aywaille · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Ans · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Siau Management Advisory · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Opwijk · since 2021
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Perwez · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SCHIEMANN MANAGEMENT & ADVIES · Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of SALES AND MARKETING ADVICE · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ramillies · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1978
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Bertem · since 1986
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Leuven · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Activities of building architects · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 2006
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Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024