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Name check

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.

“SOALYS”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SOALYS same name
    Vocational training · Incourt · since 2019
  • SOPALYS very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Mouscron · since 2017
  • SCALYS very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2022
  • KOALYS very similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Koekelberg · since 2009
  • NOALYS very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Wavre · since 2007
  • Advertising agencies · since 2026
  • SOLYS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other building finishing work · Schaarbeek · since 1990
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SOALI similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1949
  • SOLIDALYS similar
    Comines-Warneton · since 2007
  • Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · since 2002
  • Advertising agencies · since 1999
  • ALYS similar
    Web portal activities · Elsene · since 2008

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