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.
“SOBECAL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Houyet · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Societé Belge de Carburants · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Société d'Alimentation · Antwerpen · since 1950
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1976
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Brussel · since 1968
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Liège · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zaventem · since 1968
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SOMAHY · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BELGE D'ECHANGES COMMERCIAUX · Ganshoren · since 1985
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Other printing · Comines-Warneton · since 2015
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Evere · since 1990
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schilde · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Société coopérative carolorégienne pour le Développement du Logement et de la Construction · Charleroi · since 1970
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Abbreviation of SOCIÉTÉ DE BUREAUX D'ÉTUDES PLURIDISCIPLINAIRES · Esneux · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Terrilex · Brussel · since 1975
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Other tax advisory services · Binche · since 1990
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2017
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Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Merchtem · since 2018
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Raising of other animals · since 2022
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2022
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Zottegem · since 2022
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Gerpinnes · since 2004
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Insurance agents and brokers · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Waterloo · since 1983
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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