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.
“SOFRES”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 2019
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 2023
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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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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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Abbreviation of Société française d'Etude d'Installations sidérurgiques · Montreuil-sous-Bois · since 1969
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Creutzwald · since 1982
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Nanterre · since 1996
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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 · Kapellen · since 2020
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Luxembourg · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Deinze · since 2024
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Rouen · since 1979
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ciney · since 2017
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Arlon · since 1997
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VINCENNES CEDEX · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Momignies · since 2024
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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 SOCIETE FRANCAISE D'ETUDES ET DE REALISATIONS D'EQUIPEMENTS AERONAUTIQUES · Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Issy-les-Moulineaux · since 1994
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Clichy · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2016
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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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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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Real estate agency activities · Wavre · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2024
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Leuven · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Gent · since 2020