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.
“SOBICOM”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Zemst · since 1998
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kortemark · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE BELGE D'ECHANGES COMMERCIAUX · Ganshoren · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Anderlecht · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Neufchâteau · since 1988
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Computer programming · Londerzeel · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Liège · since 2013
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Other printing · Comines-Warneton · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kortrijk · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of GLOBE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT HOLDING · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1987
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1993
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Soignies · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Beerse · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Foetz · since 1979
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Gela · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Business Intelligence for Companies and Managers · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Stichting voor Ontwikkeling van Biotechnologie en Implantatie van technologie · Aartselaar · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Consortium Industriel et Commercial · Brussel · since 1938