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.
“SOFERMA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Namur · since 2009
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE FEMMES DE MASI-MANIMBA · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2012
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Coating of metals · Thimister-Clermont · since 1973
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Toulouse · since 1985
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Other education · Oud-Heverlee · since 2021
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Sprimont · since 1990
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DE RISK MANAGEMENT - FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1974
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Vervaardiging van andere organische chemische basisproducten · Ronse · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Hove · since 2019
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Elsene · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Verviers · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Brussel · since 1976