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.
“SOFG”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Beringen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VZW Six On Fire · Vosselaar · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sons Of Flanders · Lievegem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Spirit of Freedom · Gent · since 2007
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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since 1990
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Buggenhout · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of De Flik · Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Gent · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2001
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Abbreviation of SERVICE D'ORIENTATION DES FAMILLES ET DE THERAPIE · Other social work without accommodation · Huy · since 2001
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herent · since 2017
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2000
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Elsene · since 2013
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Physiotherapy · Ukkel · since 2008
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Other education · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Solidariteitsfonds van de Nationale Kamer van Gerechtsdeurwaarders · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Koksijde · since 2026
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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Gent · since 1983