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.
“SOFIS”
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
40 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ieper · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of PATS · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oostende · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of PASOF · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oostende · since 1996
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Luxembourg · since 2015
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Physiotherapy · Oosterzele · since 2021
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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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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET IMMOBILIERE DE LUXEMBOURG · Luxembourg 1724 · 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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Other sports activities · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostende · since 2011
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Deerlijk · since 2016
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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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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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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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
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Abbreviation of Immobilière et Financière de la Senne · Anderlecht · since 1968
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Evere · since 1979
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE INDUSTRIELLE SERVICES EXPLOITATION BONNET · Saint Philbert de Bouaine · since 1984
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Gent · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kluisbergen · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of FIDUCIAIRE MONAUX · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Charleroi · since 1975
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ukkel · since 1984
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Other technical testing and analysis · Péruwelz · since 2013
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Activiteiten van centrale banken · Zele · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hulshout · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Wavre · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · Roeselare · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1967