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.
“SOFRA”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · 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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Abbreviation of Société française d'Assistance technique · Marange - Silvange · since 1980
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Charleroi · since 1983
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Cambrai · since 1989
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Val de Reuil · since 1992
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · La Louvière · since 2002
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Jabbeke · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2002
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Nieuwpoort · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Cycling Team Sofré · Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Deinze · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wemmel · since 1991
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société française d'Aerodynamique et Thermodynamique Sofrair SA · Rueil · since 1973
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Liège · since 1986
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Ukkel · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Other education · Gent · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2022
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Kaprijke · since 1948
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1966
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Arlon · since 1997
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Trade name of SOCIETE FRANCAISE D'ELECTROPHYSIQUE · Sartrouville · since 1958
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Tielt · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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Creutzwald · since 1982
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wavre · since 1996
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Wavre · since 2011
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Leuven · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VZW Six On Fire · Vosselaar · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Sons Of Flanders · Lievegem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Spirit of Freedom · Gent · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Fernelmont · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Société francaise d'Isolation · Wholesale of other household goods · Toury · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 2000
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · since 2024
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Trade name of VICTELLY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sambreville · since 2025
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Gent · since 2020