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.
“SOBEN”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gerpinnes · since 2004
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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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Liège · 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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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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Insurance agents and brokers · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Meise · since 1990
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Insulation installation · Brussel · since 2012
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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
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Yvoir · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zaventem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of INTEROFFICE SOBETE TONGEREN · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Ternat · since 1957
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Abbreviation of Société Belge de Développement · Market research and public opinion polling · Ukkel · since 1972
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1990
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Tervuren · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BELGE DE MECANIQUE AUTOMOBILE · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of SOBEVA INVEST · Roosdaal · since 1999
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Computer programming · Dinant · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Merchtem · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lievegem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Solidarité Belgo-Africa · Verviers · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2011
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Other tax advisory services · Oudenaarde · since 2011
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Abbreviation of SOBETI Corp · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tremelo · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Société Orl Barriat · Esneux · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Somalisch Oostende Bestuur · Oostende · since 2026
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Fernelmont · since 1968
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Wholesale of live animals · Houyet · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Anderlecht · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Waregem · since 2018
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Uden · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Liège · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Awans · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2022
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2004
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE BELGO-MATETOISE DE LIEGE · Herstal · since 2007
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BELGE DES LOISIRS AERIENS · Soignies · since 1971
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Waterloo · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Société Belge de Tourisme International · Brussel · since 1985
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'Etudes et de Participations · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1967
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Blankenberge · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'Equipement et de Machines de Bureau · Brussel · since 1946
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Herve · since 1983
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Site preparation · Izegem · since 2019