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.
“SOTHY”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Market research and public opinion polling · Mouscron · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Niel · since 2015
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
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Abbreviation of SOINS PHYLO · Arlon · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Oupeye · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Neupré · since 2026
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOUND OF THE HOUND · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Mortsel · since 2017
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Luxembourg · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Soumagne · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Serskampse Oldtimer Tour · Wichelen · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Chaudfontaine · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE THUDINIENNE DE DISTRIBUTION · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Thuin · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Travaux hydrauliques · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1968
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Elsene · since 2003