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.
“SOFISTEF”
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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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Other technical testing and analysis · Péruwelz · since 2013
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Physiotherapy · Oosterzele · since 2021
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van centrale banken · Zele · since 2017
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Ieper · since 2014
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of SILLYCOM VALLEY · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Silly · since 2013
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2014
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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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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Immobilière et Financière de la Senne · Anderlecht · since 1968
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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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Trade name of STEF LOGISTICS SAINTES · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tubize · since 1976
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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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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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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Pet boarding · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1967