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.
“SOFACO”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mettet · since 1984
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoeilaart · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wetteren · since 2006
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Technische controle van motorvoertuigen · Saint-Nicolas · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Roeselare · since 2009
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Other education · Hasselt · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE DE FINANCEMENT COMPLEMENTAIRE DES INFRASTRUCTURES · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Liège · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Société Financière coopérative · Colfontaine · since 1967
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Abbreviation of SOFT AND INFORMATICS COMPANY · Computer programming · Gent · since 1947
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Abbreviation of Société de Financement et de Commerce · Mouscron · since 1958
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Abbreviation of Sociaal en Familiaal Toerisme · Vakantieparken · Blankenberge · since 1955
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Market research and public opinion polling · Nivelles · since 1972
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Schilde · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herve · since 1982
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Sombreffe · since 1988
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET COMMERCIALE · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Charleroi · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Halen · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2021
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Other business support services · Kuurne · since 2022
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Rixensart · since 2025
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Other legal services · Boutersem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Deerlijk · since 2001
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Elsene · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of VIBE INVEST · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Charleroi · since 2016
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of CLAES FABRIK · Retail sale of household furniture · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Société des Auteurs Photographes - Fotoauteurs - Maatschappij · Elsene · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Multimedia Maatschappij van de Auteurs van de Visuele Kunsten · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 1979
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Molsheim · since 1982
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIAAL EN FISKAAL ADVIESBUREEL · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Tienen · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · Ittre · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of DeVa Projects · Retail sale of household furniture · Ronse · since 2025
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Investigation and private security services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FAMILIALE MICHAUX · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mons · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2007
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Crisnée · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE, FEMMES, AFRIQUE ET DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2007
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019