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.
“SOSAFA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Mons · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Profondeville · since 2022
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2016
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société de Developpement des Sciences Aerospatiales · Anderlecht · since 1972
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE AGRICOLE ET FORESTIERE D'ARVILLE · Logging · Gesves · since 1978
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Elsene · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SAFA et SON CO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 1992
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Les ateliers SAFA · Other membership organisations · Anderlecht · since 2001
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Activities of religious organisations · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · Lievegem · since 2020
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Wervik · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2009
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since 2004
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Sint-Truiden · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Science of Sour Ale Brewing · Manufacture of beer · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1996
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2021
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Seraing · since 2013