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.
“SONGO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2007
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Brussel · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2023
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Overijse · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Begijnendijk · since 2003
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Liège · since 1994
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Gedinne · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Beaumont · since 2010
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Abbreviation of SOLEIL DES NATIONS · Ganshoren · since 1999
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Abbreviation of SOCRATES ONDERNEMERS NETWERK · Other education · Lochristi · since 2017
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Gent · since 2022
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Funeral services · Genk · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1955
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Herstal · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SOFINGO FINANCES · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2022