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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SOCLEL”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SOCLEL same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Zedelgem · since 2023
  • Socle very similar
    Name of an establishment of Clissen Bown · Activities of building architects · Deinze · since 2021
  • SOLEL very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2024
  • Other education · since 2016
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2019
  • SO CLEAN similar
    Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Assesse · since 2021
  • SOCLEAN similar
    General cleaning of buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2008
  • SO CLEAN similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Schaarbeek · since 2011
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
  • SOCLI similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Leuven · since 1982
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2023

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