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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“NewSoft”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • NEW SOFT same name
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Mons · since 1988
  • NewSoft same name
    Brussel · since 2025
  • NETSOFT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
  • Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2003
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NEW SOFAL similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mons · since 2020
  • NEWSON similar
    Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Dendermonde · since 2013
  • New Ecosoft similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
  • NEW SOJO similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Walcourt · since 2013
  • Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 2011
  • NEW S similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bastogne · since 1990
  • NEWS similar
    Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 1990
  • N.E.W.S. similar
    Abbreviation of NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH · Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1994
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
  • N[E]WS similar
    Abbreviation of NET [EVENT] WORKING STADIUM · Brussel · since 2010
  • News similar
    Name of an establishment of new east west spirit · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kraainem · since 2003
  • Negusoft similar
    Name of NEGU Software Solutions · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudergem · since 2015
  • NEPASOFT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2018
  • NEW SOKAO similar
    Vervaardiging van vuurvaste producten · Beauraing · since 2009
  • NEW SOLID similar
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Laakdal · since 2010
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2000
  • Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of NOVELTIES EXPERIENCE WILLINGNESS STRATEGIES · Genappe · since 1999
  • NEWS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2000
  • NEW SOCKS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Brasschaat · since 1990

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