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.
“SOMAD”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Frameries · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Delphine Delhaye · Graphic design and visual communication · Linkebeek · since 2018
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Chaudfontaine · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1985
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Kortemark · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bornem · since 1995
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Evergem · since 1997
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Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of G.S STORE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Geel · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOMAE – Snoezelen Outils et Médiations pour un Accompagnement Éthique · Vocational training · Aywaille · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Sociaal en maatschappelijk dienstbetoon · Sint-Truiden · since 1998
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Elsene · since 1935
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 1987
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SOMA FOOD · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 1974
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1984
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Sports and recreation education · Brugge · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Diest · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2016
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Abbreviation of somalia commuity · Turnhout · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Namur · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ELEKTROTECHNIEKEN SOMA · Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2023
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Other membership organisations · Maasmechelen · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Charleroi · since 2020
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Ukkel · since 2007
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Other business support services · Amel · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tournai · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of SOMACK INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE DES MAMANS - MINDELE · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waregem · since 2001
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Liège · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Multicultureel Ontmoetingcentrum Bana Somami · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Gent · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2014
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Other legal services · Kraainem · since 2015
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Insulation installation · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ganshoren · since 2020
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Abbreviation of SOMAFI B & A · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ukkel · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 2021
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Other legal services · Boechout · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · La Louvière · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of A2CR · Agents and brokers in banking services · Ukkel · since 2006
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CHATOU CEDEX · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2025
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Rixensart · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Studie en Organisatie voor Medische Aktie - Service et Organisation d'Une Médecine Active · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1983
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2009