Skip to content

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.

“SOCOA”

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

22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SOCOA same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2020
  • Socom very similar
    General electrical installation work · Foetz · since 1979
  • SOCOB very similar
    Liège · since 1981
  • SOCOC very similar
    Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Waterloo · since 1989
  • SOCON very similar
    Other business support services · Torhout · since 1996
  • SOCO-T very similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2015
  • SOCOM (sole trader) very similar
  • SOCOS very similar
    Argenteuil · since 2011
  • Socor very similar
    Dental practice · Brasschaat · since 2017
  • SOCOL very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Lubbeek · since 2021
  • Soco-M very similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2011
  • Socoma very similar
    Abbreviation of Société de Constructions et de Matériaux SA · Luxembourg · since 1975
  • SOCOBA very similar
    Abbreviation of Société concessionnaire du Bastogne Historical Center · Bastogne · since 1975
  • SOCOMA very similar
    Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Malmedy · since 1987
  • SOCOMA very similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
  • SOCOMA very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1995
  • SOCORA very similar
    Trade name of BUSINESS IMMOBILIER SAFETY SERVICES · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2007
  • Socoya very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vilvoorde · since 2025
  • SO.CO.BA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Marchal et Cie · Liège · since 1967
  • Socoma very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Schaarbeek · since 1964
  • SOCOMA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of SOFT HARDWARE AND CONSULTING IN MANAGEMENT · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1981
  • S.O.C.O.F.A. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ENTREPRISE FORESTIERE ET AGRICOLE · Amay · since 1988
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Soco similar
    Name of an establishment of AUTO SATELLITES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 1976
  • SOCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2002
  • SOCO similar
    Other information service activities · Essen · since 2018
  • SOCOARC similar
    Name of an establishment of Etablissements Socoarc · Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de overige winning van delfstoffen · Morlanwelz · since 1968
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2009
  • Sococo similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2022
  • S.O.C.O.M.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Société Commerciale et Industrielle · Antwerpen · since 1950
  • Socogi similar
    Abbreviation of Société d'Organisation et de Gestion immobilière · Elsene · since 1977
  • SOCOGI similar
    Development of residential building projects · Namur · since 1985
  • SOCODI similar
    Waremme · since 1986
  • SOCOIM similar
    Bütgenbach · since 1986
  • SOCOFI similar
    Other tax advisory services · Laarne · since 1987
  • SOCOGI similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE CONSEIL ET DE GESTION IMMOBILIERE · Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1990
  • SOCOFI similar
    Seraing · since 1990
  • SOCOFE similar
    Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 2000
  • Web portal activities · since 2014
  • SO COSY similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Brasschaat · since 2013
  • Other education · since 2016
  • SOCOME similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Houyet · since 2009
  • Plastering work · since 2011
  • So.Cool similar
    Real estate agency activities · Schoten · since 2003
  • So Cosy similar
    Abbreviation of So Cosy Immobilière · Real estate agency activities · Perwez · since 2006
  • SOC similar
    Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Sociale Zekerheid · Federale overheid · Brussel · since 2001
  • S.O.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Studie en Opleidingscentrum · Leuven · since 1979
  • SOA similar
    Abbreviation of SO Architecture · Activities of building architects · Waterloo · since 2002
  • S.O.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Street of Art · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
  • S.O.A. similar
    Abbreviation of SALSA OPEN AIR · Other amusement and recreation activities · Ans · since 2019
  • SOC similar
    Abbreviation of SMART OFFICE CONCEPTS · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
  • SOC similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
  • Sopex Cocoa similar
    Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Antwerpen · since 1976
  • SOCOL II similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE DES ORDRES DE LA COURONNE ET DE LEOPOLD II · Etterbeek · since 1964
  • Soco similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932
  • SOCODI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Andenne · since 1987
  • SOCOGE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wingene · since 1989
  • Socotec similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société Commerciale et Technique · Elsene · since 1961
  • SOCOPAL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE COORDINATION PALMAERTS · Orp-Jauche · since 1989
  • SOCOBER similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989

Next steps