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.
“SODA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Kraainem · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SO design agency · Advertising agencies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1994
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Activities of head offices · Amersfoort · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Perwez · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE DIFFUSION D'AMEUBLEMENT CONTEMPORAIN · Paris · since 1975
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Abbreviation of FNAC BELGIUM · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1981
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Charleroi · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Sainte-Ode Demain · Tourist information services · Sainte-Ode · since 1977
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE DE LA DIASPORA AFRICAINE EN EUROPE · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Computer programming · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · Halle · since 1969
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Elsene · since 1978
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Edegem · since 1983
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Liège · since 1989
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Edegem · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2019
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Estinnes · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of South of da Border · Graphic design and visual communication · Kontich · since 1981
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La Louvière · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Société de Développement Immobilier Européen · Development of residential building projects · Waterloo · since 1989
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Kortrijk · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Secure Offsite Data Storage · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kapellen · since 2024
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Oudergem · since 1962
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Other educational support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Alken · since 2006
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Other information technology and computer services · Elsene · since 2007
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Abbreviation of SAINT FRERES BENELUX · Schaarbeek · since 1956
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Abbreviation of Société d'Exploitation Le Débit Danois · Elsene · since 1975
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Market research and public opinion polling · Flobecq · since 2000