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.
“SOCOTRAD”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Logging · Ciney · since 1987
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · De Haan · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Société de Construction et de Travaux publics · PANAMA · since 1950
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE DE TRAFIC ET D'AFFRETEMENT · Charleroi · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE CONGOLAISE DE TRANSPORT MARITIME · POINTE - NOIRE · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE CONGOLAISE DE TRANSPORTS MARITIMES SA · POINTE-NOIRE · since 2025
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Waterloo · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE COMMUNICATION ET DE TRADING · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Elsene · since 1989
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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HOLBORN - LONDON · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Socotra Invest · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · De Haan · since 2010
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Gecima · General construction of residential buildings · Wavre · since 1967
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since 1977
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General construction of residential buildings · Liège · since 1982
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Basel · since 1987
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Trade name of SOFT COMMODITIES TRADING HOLDING · Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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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 Les Travaux du Bâtiment · Liège · since 1959
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Abbreviation of Société Commerciale Parmentier · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Société Commerciale et Technique · Elsene · since 1961
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Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932