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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Smets, Pascal”

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.

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Same or very similar names

19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similar
    Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1994
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Joinery installation · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other business support services · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Freight transport by road · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1991
  • SMETS very similar
    Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1979
  • SMETS very similar
    Meise · since 1986
  • Smets very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 1989
  • SMETS very similar
    Afvalwaterafvoer · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1998
  • Smets very similar
    Kippenkwekerijen · Kasterlee · since 2009
  • Smets very similar
    General medical practice · Schilde · since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
  • Smets very similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Putte · since 2026
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • General construction of residential buildings · Dendermonde · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1996
  • SMETSAL similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2021
  • Seraing · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2007
  • AERTS PASCAL similar
    Joinery installation · Sombreffe · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Floor and wall tiling · since 2009

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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