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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

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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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SOMEHOW... same name
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Lievegem · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    Web portal activities · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
  • SOME similar
    Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE MERE ET ENFANT · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
  • SOME similar
    Vervaardiging van elektrische en elektronische benodigdheden voor motorvoertuigen · Herselt · since 2010
  • Somei similar
    Abbreviation of Société de Vente et d'Etude de Matériel et d'Equipement industriels · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sambreville · since 1963
  • Somex similar
    Wholesale of timber · Antwerpen · since 1935
  • Somel similar
    Abbreviation of Société de Maintenance et d'Exploitation de Lavoirs · Schaarbeek · since 1982
  • SOMEC similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'OPHTALMOLOGIEMEDICALE ET CHIRURGICALE · Ukkel · since 1998
  • SOMEC similar
    Computer programming · Gent · since 1998
  • SOMEL similar
    Seraing · since 1999
  • SOMEF similar
    Inland freight water transport · Liège · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2026
  • SOMED similar
    Dental practice · Zaventem · since 2010
  • SoHoW similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2011
  • SOMEP similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Vorst · since 2012
  • Some1 similar
    Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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