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.
“SOFINAN”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1956
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Vorst · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · Tielt · since 1999
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Asse · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Sociaal en Financieel AdministratieKantoor · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wervik · since 2006
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Mouscron · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Other business support services · Herentals · since 2023
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Jurbise · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE FINANCEMENT ET D'ASSURANCE · Liège · since 1988
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sankt Vith · since 1984
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General electrical installation work · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Izegem · since 1995
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE POUR LE FINANCEMENT DE L'ENTREPRENEURIAT · Oudergem · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brugge · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2011
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Web portal activities · Overijse · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · bois-grenier · since 2014
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of WALLONIE ENTREPRENDRE INTERNATIONAL · Other financial services · Liège · since 2003
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2003
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Logistics services · Elsene · since 2026
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1989
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Namur · since 1992
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 2003
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Public relations and communication consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2014
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Hoymille · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Société de Financement de Projets Structurants de l'Est du Brabant Wallon · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
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Grimbergen · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2025
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Trade name of SOFIA COSMETICA · Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Herk-de-Stad · since 1986
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Tienen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE A FINALITE D'INSERTION EN ENVIRONNEMENT · Materials recovery from waste · Seraing · since 2002
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1996
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Namur · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Société Financière Interprofessionnelle-Financiële Interberoepsmaatschappij · Gent · since 1951
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Liège · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE FORMATION, D'INGENIERIE ET DE MAINTENANCE · Elsene · since 1973
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Aalter · since 1988