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.
“SOCATRA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Schaarbeek · since 1967
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Evere · since 1995
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Logistics services · Gent · since 1956
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Thuin · since 1969
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Freight transport by road · Le Roeulx · since 1981
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · De Haan · since 1998
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Edegem · since 1999
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Conde sur L'Escaut · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 2026
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Veterinary services · Braine-le-Château · since 2022
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Tourist information services · La Hulpe · since 2007
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Elsene · since 1983
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative d'Agences techniques et commerciales · Ukkel · since 1984
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Floor and wall tiling · Esneux · since 1985
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Joinery installation · Middelkerke · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 1988
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Schilde · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Esneux · since 2016
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Londerzeel · since 2018
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Leuven · since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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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 Socialistische Actie Hamme · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1977
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Petange · since 1986
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Ciney · since 1986
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Other construction installation · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1988
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ASSISTANCE FUNERAIRE · Funeral services · Courcelles · since 2000
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Nivelles · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SOTRA AVOCATS-ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2010
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Eeklo · since 1989