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.
“SOFKA BUSINESS”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Koekelberg · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wemmel · since 2021
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Aartselaar · since 2024
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2016
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Gent · since 2023
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Charleroi · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of A & K PARTNERS · Real estate agency activities · Merchtem · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Haaltert · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2015
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Charleroi · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ecaussinnes · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mons · since 2023
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Wavre · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · Jette · since 2024
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Dental practice · Ichtegem · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2026
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Vocational training · Genk · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tournai · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2015
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Web portal activities · Vilvoorde · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Etterbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Liège · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2011
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2026
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Zaventem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Eghezée · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Willebroek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Ganshoren · since 2026
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Liège · since 2026
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Menen · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nivelles · since 2021
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2026
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Site preparation · Antwerpen · since 2021
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since 2018
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since 2012
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Construction of roads and motorways · Ronse · since 2022