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.
“SONA TRADE”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · Overijse · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE NATIONALE DE TRADING · Kinshasa · since 1985
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Behandeling van gewassen na de oogst en van zaden voor vermeerdering · Oudenaarde · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2002
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Day nurseries and crèches · Torhout · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 2018
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Operation of sports facilities · Herselt · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Kontich · since 2004
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Alger · since 1980
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Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2017
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Nivelles · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Sittard · since 1997
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Wholesale of other household goods · Berlare · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Ranst · since 2002
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Sound recording · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Rijkevorsel · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waterloo · since 1985
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Elsene · since 1991
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Herstal · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 1972
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Pittem · since 2004
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Schaarbeek · since 2006