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.
“SONIC”
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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Charleroi · since 1994
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Lievegem · since 2024
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Halle · since 1991
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Essen · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2017
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Ukkel · since 2004
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Hitschin Hertfordshire · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Sambreville · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2024
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Son et Image · Schaarbeek · since 1972
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Chaudfontaine · since 1991
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Vorst · since 1994
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1973
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nivelles · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gistel · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2005
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2024
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Other education · Héron · since 2024
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Support activities for crop production · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Destelbergen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Houyet · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ranst · since 2022
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Beringen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of SONIDO ASBL · Verviers · since 2015
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Leuven · since 2015
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2008
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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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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2010
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Hoeilaart · since 2018