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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.

“PID SOFT”

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.

  • PID SOFT same name
    Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Bornem · since 1994
  • P.i.D very similar
    Vervaardiging van synthetische en kunstmatige vezels · Damme · since 1999
  • PID very similar
    Abbreviation of PLUYM INVEST & DEVELOPMENT · Activities of holding companies · Ravels · since 2016
  • PID very similar
    Abbreviation of Partners in Development · Development of residential building projects · Opwijk · since 2022
  • SOFT very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
  • SOFT ++ very similar
    since 1990
  • SOFT very similar
    Abbreviation of SERVICE D'ORIENTATION DES FAMILLES ET DE THERAPIE · Other social work without accommodation · Huy · since 2001
  • SOFT (sole trader) very similar
    Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2000
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PAADSoft similar
    Other software publishing · Etterbeek · since 2021
  • D SOFT similar
    Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1995
  • Other software publishing · since 2005

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