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.
“SOFIBEL”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Société Fiduciaire du Benelux · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brussel · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Sofiabel SRL · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FONCIERE DE BOMEREE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1968
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Abbreviation of CHRISTOPHE - SOPIBEL - OUTILLAGE · Wholesale of machine tools · Waterloo · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1990
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Riec sur Belon · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Soignies · since 1994
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Wholesale of other household goods · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Oudergem · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Solidarité Niger Blgique · Seraing · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Lochristi · since 2020
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General cleaning of buildings · Ganshoren · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE FINITION DES BETONS · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1976
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La Hulpe · since 1979
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Antwerpen · since 1966
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vorst · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1968
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General electrical installation work · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1986
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE GESTION FINANCIERE ET IMMOBILIERE BELGE · Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2008
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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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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herent · since 2017
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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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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1966
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Willebroek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Kortrijk · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET IMMOBILIERE DE LUXEMBOURG · Luxembourg 1724 · since 1995
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Affligem · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van andere organische chemische basisproducten · Ronse · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Dendermonde · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS BELGIUM · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Gembloux · since 2002
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE A FINALITE D'INSERTION EN ENVIRONNEMENT · Materials recovery from waste · Seraing · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ravels · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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since 2022
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Other business support services · Herentals · since 2023
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Ninove · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Assenede · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET ECONOMIQUE · Business and other management consultancy · Le Roeulx · since 2006
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Jurbise · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Boortmeerbeek · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'Opérations Financières et Commerciales · Anderlecht · since 1964
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Société anonyme de Financement · Brussel · since 1963
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Abbreviation of IMMOFIBEL et SERVICES · Other tax advisory services · Arlon · since 1963
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE FORMATION, D'INGENIERIE ET DE MAINTENANCE · Elsene · since 1973
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Aalter · since 1988
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Aarschot · since 2000