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.
“SOPARFIN”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2013
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Retail sale of antiques · Waterloo · since 2005
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 1992
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Knaphoscheid · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Sarens Finance Company · Meise · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Deerlijk · since 1984
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Wemmel · since 1999
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Etterbeek · since 2001
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Issy-les-Moulineaux · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1991
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Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Société de Participations et de Représentations industrielles et commerciales · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1976
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE PARTICIPATION CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE · Namur · since 1998
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Abbreviation of STICHTING ONDERZOEK VOOR PROTOZOAIRE AANDOENINGEN · Zandhoven · since 1986