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.
“SOPHORA”
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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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · Staden · since 2022
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Raising of dairy cattle · Diksmuide · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Kruisem · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schaarbeek · since 2003
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Hengelo · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of SODI MGMT · Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Schoten · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of VIC MNG · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2014
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Kuurne · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Kampenhout · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 2024
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Chaudfontaine · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · Ukkel · since 2017
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Book publishing · Gerpinnes · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SOINS PHYLO · Arlon · since 2013
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Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016