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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.

“U Shape”

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

14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • U Shape same name
    Operation of sports facilities · Brussel · since 2017
  • UpShape very similar
    Vocational training · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2017
  • SHAPE very similar
    Name of an establishment of ONTWERPBURO SHAPE · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1989
  • SHAPE very similar
    Name of an establishment of GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL · Travel agency activities · Brussel · since 1998
  • Sole trader very similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
  • SHAPE very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other business support services · since 2025
  • SHAPE very similar
    Abbreviation of Hoofdkwartier van de Geallieerde Opperbevelhebber in Europa · Activiteiten van extraterritoriale organisaties en instanties · Mons · since 1983
  • Sole trader very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
  • I-SHAPE very similar
    Name of an establishment of Optimal Control · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Diest · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other sports activities · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2024
  • I.Shape very similar
    Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Usha similar
    Pecq · since 2022
  • USHA similar
    Sports and recreation education · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2024
  • USHANA similar
    Name of an establishment of ASHINGA & LAZALI · Other non-specialised retail sale · Wavre · since 2020
  • HAPE similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Herstal · since 2000
  • HAPE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of HAPE INTERNATIONAL · Geraardsbergen · since 1988

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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