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.
“SOFIA TRADE”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 2022
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Trade name of SOFIA COSMETICA · Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Herk-de-Stad · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Dendermonde · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1994
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of M & H PARTNERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of BGA COMPANY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1991
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Sociale en Fiskale Akademie · Tongeren · since 1993
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sittard · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Leuven · since 2003
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Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · Overijse · since 2023
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Translation services · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1983
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Ranst · since 2002
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Operation of sports facilities · Herselt · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 1972
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Pittem · since 2004
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Schaarbeek · since 2006