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.
“SOMAPHAR”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Research and development on biotechnology · Jodoigne · since 2015
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2018
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Chaudfontaine · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bornem · since 1995
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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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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Liège · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 1999
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1999
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Combined facilities support activities · Baelen · since 2021
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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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Abbreviation of Studie en Organisatie voor Medische Aktie - Service et Organisation d'Une Médecine Active · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1983