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.
“SOCOB”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Liège · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Société concessionnaire du Bastogne Historical Center · Bastogne · since 1975
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General electrical installation work · Foetz · since 1979
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2015
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Marchal et Cie · Liège · since 1967
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Dental practice · Elsene · since 1927
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
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Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1987
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Huy · since 1987
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Florenville · since 1993
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Landscape service activities · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Somali Community Federation of Belgium · Braine-le-Comte · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Immo Vilvoorde · Vilvoorde · since 1962
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Logging · Vielsalm · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Etterbeek · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COMMERCIALE DE BETAIL ET VIANDES · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Hastière · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 2004
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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 d'Organisation et de Gestion immobilière · Elsene · since 1977
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Development of residential building projects · Namur · since 1985
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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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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE CONSEIL ET DE GESTION IMMOBILIERE · Real estate agency activities · Liège · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · 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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Name of an establishment · 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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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Houyet · since 2009
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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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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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Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Société de Contrôles Belges & Européens · Faimes · since 2005
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Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative belge de Garages · Vorst · since 1955
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Schaarbeek · since 1964
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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