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.
“SOFILEM”
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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Activities of holding companies · Esneux · since 2010
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Lasne · since 1983
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2000
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET IMMOBILIERE DE LUXEMBOURG · Luxembourg 1724 · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2025
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Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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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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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geel · since 1983
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Trade name of SOFIA COSMETICA · Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Herk-de-Stad · since 1986
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Activities of head offices · Tienen · since 1995
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Fitness centres · Izegem · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Vorst · since 1999
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Dendermonde · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE A FINALITE D'INSERTION EN ENVIRONNEMENT · Materials recovery from waste · Seraing · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1994
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1996
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since 1994
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Trade name of DEGUBO · Other specialised construction activities · Aalter · since 2017
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Other sports activities · since 2019
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Ieper · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostende · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Deerlijk · since 2016
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Hove · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Other sports activities · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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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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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2022
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Other business support services · Herentals · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Jurbise · since 2023
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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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Advertising agencies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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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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Abbreviation of Sociale en Fiskale Akademie · Tongeren · since 1993
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Aarschot · since 2000