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.
“SOCIMEX”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gesves · since 1987
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Orp-Jauche · since 1991
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Activities of head offices · Tournai · since 2001
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE D'IMPORT ET D'EXPORT · Liège · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Société de commercialisation à l'Exportation · Reims · since 1978
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Oostrozebeke · since 2006
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-le-Comte · since 1975
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Abbreviation of SALES ORGANISATION IMPORT EXPORT · Antwerpen · since 1974
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1981
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Fribourg 1701 · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Société Commerciale et Industrielle · Kinshasa · since 1970
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Other social work without accommodation · Liège · since 2004
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Wholesale of timber · Antwerpen · since 1935
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Abbreviation of ARCADES IMMOBILIERE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herve · since 1970
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Continental Import and Export Corporation · Wholesale of machine tools · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE MAINTENANCE ET D'EXPLOITATION · Valenciennes · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Centre d'inspection, de Médiation et d'Expertise · Risk and damage evaluation · Chaudfontaine · since 1993
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of AsterX Consult · Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Société d'Importations et d'Exportations · Etterbeek · since 1947
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE POUR LE COMMERCE D'IMMEUBLES ET D'AUTOS · Elsene · since 1952