Name check
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.
“SOBALEX”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 1997
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Waregem · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2002
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Activities of lawyers · Veurne · since 2018
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Translation services · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2024
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Teelt van druiven · Zandhoven · since 2025
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Herve · since 1983
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2017
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Libramont-Chevigny · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SENIOR ONDERNEMERS BOUW ANTWERPEN · Wijnegem · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Sopralex et Vosmarques-Sopralex en Uwmerken · Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Waterloo · since 1949
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 2011
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Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Halen · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société belge d'Analyse bioénergique · Ukkel · since 1976
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General construction of residential buildings · Oupeye · since 1979
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Assenede · since 1987
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Kuurne · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BELGE D'EXPORTATION · Development of residential building projects · Waterloo · since 1994
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Gembloux · since 2016
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2017
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Trade name of WORKLABS · Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Hensies · since 2026
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since 1997
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'Alimentation Saine · Elsene · since 1957
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Abbreviation of Société belge d'expertises industrielles et commerciales, Méthode Cabinet Roux de Paris · Antwerpen · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'exportation · Mons · since 1985