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.
“SOGNO”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 1996
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Other business support services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Liedekerke · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lievegem · since 2008
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Barreiro · since 2022
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Cultural education · Deinze · since 2008
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brugge · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lievegem · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Lievegem · since 1992
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Trade name of A. Daelmans · Retail sale of household furniture · Mechelen · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Middelkerke · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of TIRONE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten · Gavere · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1995
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Wetteren · since 1978
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Tielt · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of SOGENAM · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Namur · since 1986
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Olen · since 2009