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.
“SOTERN”
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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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Dijon · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 1982
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE TERRASSEMENTS ET D'EXPLOITATION · Site preparation · Ciney · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2023
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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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Valenciennes · since 1997
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Freight transport by road · Koekelberg · since 2018
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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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Abbreviation of Société anonyme de Terrassements de Charleroi · Charleroi · since 1971
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wasseiges · since 2016
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Operation of sports facilities · Ukkel · since 2024
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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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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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Site preparation · Braives · since 2006
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2011
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Remicourt · since 1975
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Other specialised construction activities · Florennes · since 2016
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Eghezée · since 2006