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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.

“SOCOBERT”

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.

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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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SOCOBERT same name
    Logging · Vielsalm · since 1986
  • SOCOBER very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SOCOBEL similar
    Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1987
  • SOCOBEL similar
    Huy · since 1987
  • SOCOBEX similar
    Florenville · since 1993
  • SOCOBEL similar
    Abbreviation of Somali Community Federation of Belgium · Braine-le-Comte · since 2026
  • SOCOB similar
    Liège · since 1981
  • SOCOBEVI similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE COMMERCIALE DE BETAIL ET VIANDES · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Hastière · since 1993
  • Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2017
  • since 2018
  • SOCOBA similar
    Abbreviation of Société concessionnaire du Bastogne Historical Center · Bastogne · since 1975
  • Socobom similar
    Dental practice · Elsene · since 1927
  • SOCOBAT similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
  • SOCOBAL similar
    Landscape service activities · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2022
  • 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
  • Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · since 1993
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 1987
  • SOCOBEL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société de Contrôles Belges & Européens · Faimes · since 2005
  • Socobene S.A. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1953
  • Soco Belga similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société Coopérative belge de Garages · Vorst · since 1955
  • SO.CO.BA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Marchal et Cie · Liège · since 1967
  • SOCOBELDIS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Couvin · since 1987
  • Soco similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932
  • SOCOBENELUX similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Charleroi · since 1977

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