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.
“SOTEF”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Koekelberg · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · Waterloo · since 1979
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE TECHNIQUE DE COMMERCIALISATION LE PARNASSE · Nice · since 1992
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Dijon · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Valenciennes · since 1997
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Dendermonde · since 2018
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Land surveying · Koksijde · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · since 2026
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2019
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Inland freight water transport · Liège · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Société de Gestion et d'Etudes fiscales · Other legal services · Liège · since 2011
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Remicourt · since 1975
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Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 1982
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Nivelles · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 1986
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of SOTECH SERVICES · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Halle · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Serskampse Oldtimer Tour · Wichelen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Société d'Etudes Techniques au Hainaut · Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Waterloo · since 1960
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'ETUDE TECHNIQUE DU BATIMENT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL · SAINT LAURENT BLANGY · since 1987
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TERRASSEMENTS ET D'EXPLOITATION · Site preparation · Ciney · since 1998
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Lyon · since 1991
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · Florennes · since 2016
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Eghezée · since 2006
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Abbreviation of TECHNICS ENGINEERING NAMUR EN LIQUIDATION · Namur · since 1971