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.
“SOCO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of AUTO SATELLITES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Essen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932
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Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2011
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Foetz · since 1979
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Liège · since 1981
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Waterloo · since 1989
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Other business support services · Torhout · since 1996
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Argenteuil · since 2011
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Dental practice · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Lubbeek · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Tremelo · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Sociale Zekerheid · Federale overheid · Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Société Commerciale et Industrielle · Antwerpen · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Société de Constructions et de Matériaux SA · Luxembourg · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Société concessionnaire du Bastogne Historical Center · Bastogne · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Société d'Organisation et de Gestion immobilière · Elsene · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Studie en Opleidingscentrum · Leuven · since 1979
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Development of residential building projects · Namur · since 1985
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Waremme · since 1986
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Bütgenbach · since 1986
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Malmedy · since 1987
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Other tax advisory services · Laarne · since 1987
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Activities of head offices · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE CONSEIL ET DE GESTION IMMOBILIERE · Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1990
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Seraing · since 1990
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Support activities for crop production · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 2000
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Web portal activities · since 2014
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Other education · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of SMART OFFICE CONCEPTS · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Houyet · since 2009
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Plastering work · since 2011
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wingene · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Schoten · since 2003
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Abbreviation of So Cosy Immobilière · Real estate agency activities · Perwez · since 2006
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Trade name of BUSINESS IMMOBILIER SAFETY SERVICES · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Benfeld · since 1979
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Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Marchal et Cie · Liège · since 1967
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Schaarbeek · since 1964
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Abbreviation of SOFT HARDWARE AND CONSULTING IN MANAGEMENT · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1981
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Andenne · since 1987
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE FORESTIERE ET AGRICOLE · Amay · since 1988
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Wingene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Société Commerciale Parmentier · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1964
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989