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.
“SONOCO”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Société Nouvelle de Combustibles · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Bernissart · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Tremelo · since 2010
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2004
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Yvoir · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Halle · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Oudenaarde · since 1994
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Office administrative and support services · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · Koksijde · since 2022
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Mechelen · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wingene · since 2012
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2023
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of AUTO SATELLITES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Sonus Novus · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Schoten · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Essen · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Jette · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Nieuwpoort · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Baelen · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2011
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Other human health activities · since 2016
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Computer programming · Schilde · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Sonos ensemble in vereffening · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Société Nouvelle d'Impression · Brussel · since 1947