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.
“SOFORA”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wemmel · since 1991
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Travel agency activities · Diest · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Waregem · since 1988
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2000
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Beringen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of EG FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MEKOS · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of R-RENACER · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GLF GROUP · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Trade name of BUSINESS IMMOBILIER SAFETY SERVICES · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ukkel · since 1968
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société forestière et immobilière Soforim · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1941
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of De Flik · Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Gent · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of VIC MNG · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2014
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Kuurne · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Kampenhout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Solidariteitsfonds van de Nationale Kamer van Gerechtsdeurwaarders · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Koksijde · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE PRIVEE DE TRANSACTIONS FONCIERES · Paris · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Olen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITEITSFONDS KUNSTHUIS OPERA VLAANDEREN BALLET VLAANDEREN VZW · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Computer programming · Eindhoven · since 1998
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Gent · since 1983
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Gent · since 2020