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.
“SOMEC”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'OPHTALMOLOGIEMEDICALE ET CHIRURGICALE · Ukkel · since 1998
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Computer programming · Gent · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Société Méditerranéenne des Echanges Commerciaux · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Société de Vente et d'Etude de Matériel et d'Equipement industriels · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sambreville · since 1963
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Wholesale of timber · Antwerpen · since 1935
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Abbreviation of Société de Maintenance et d'Exploitation de Lavoirs · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Seraing · since 1999
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Inland freight water transport · Liège · since 2001
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Dental practice · Zaventem · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Vorst · since 2012
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2019
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE MERE ET ENFANT · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van elektrische en elektronische benodigdheden voor motorvoertuigen · Herselt · since 2010
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Benfeld · since 1979
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since 2000
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1990
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merksplas · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Deerlijk · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Société de Médecine Dentaire Lecomte · Dental practice · Seraing · since 2014
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Etterbeek · since 1968
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1938
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Abbreviation of Sociaal-Medisch Instituut der Zuiderkempen · Specialist medical practice · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1968
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Plumbing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1989
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Nursing and midwifery · Cerfontaine · since 1992
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Zandhoven · since 2001
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Inland freight water transport · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1988
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Tournai · since 2020
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Computer programming · Lievegem · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Balen · since 2010
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Mouscron · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Hoogstraten · since 2005
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Raising of dairy cattle · Essen · since 2006
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Société Métropolitaine des Bois · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Vincennes · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2014
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Abbreviation of State Of Mind · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vorst · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of SERVICE OP MAAT · Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Oudsbergen · since 2006
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Erpe-Mere · since 2008
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Abbreviation of SOM Transport & Service · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Scholen Op Maat · Development of non-residential building projects · Brussel · since 2026
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General medical practice · Sombreffe · since 1992
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lievegem · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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General medical practice · Juprelle · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Tinlot · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Bütgenbach · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Koekelberg · since 2021
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General medical practice · Sainte-Ode · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Bornem · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brussel · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Société Métallurgique de Baume · La Louvière · since 1925