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.
“SOCRATE”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Assesse · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Kinderpsychotherapie Socrates · Psychology services · Zandhoven · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2005
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Liège · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of OURANOS · Full-service restaurants · Courcelles · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1999
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Liège · since 1989
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · La Louvière · since 1995
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 2002
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Seraing · since 1982
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2019
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1978
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Geraardsbergen · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2003
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Plumbing work · Tielt-Winge · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2005
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Other education · since 2021
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Eeklo · since 1989