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.
“SONY”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Herk-de-Stad · since 2008
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since 1970
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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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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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Putte · since 1994
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Overijse · since 1995
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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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Abbreviation of Sonus Novus · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Schoten · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Seraing · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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since 1993
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2022
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Other business support services · Brussel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Kruisem · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Aalst · since 2026
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Kontich · since 2004