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.
“SOVAC”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in sanitair · Overijse · since 1945
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Federatie voor Sport en Ontspanning voor Andersvaliden · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2013
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Koksijde · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2021
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 1983
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General cleaning of buildings · Wommelgem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE DIFFUSION D'AMEUBLEMENT CONTEMPORAIN · Paris · since 1975
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Strassen · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Saint-Ghislain · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'OXYCOUPAGE ET DE TRANSFORMATION DES ACIERS · Coating of metals · Walcourt · since 1995
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Nandrin · since 1999
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Elsene · since 1935
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Abbreviation of Société pour la vente de Produits agricoles de Combustibles et de Matériaux · Arlon · since 1967
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE PARACHEVEMENT DES ACIERS · Liège · since 1982
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Study Office Regulation Automation and Computing · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Development of residential building projects · Zonnebeke · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tervuren · since 2001
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Other legal services · Opwijk · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Hooglede · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Gembloux · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association de Valorisation Humaine · Business and other management consultancy · Gembloux · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostrozebeke · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Westerlo · since 2009
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Demolition · since 2007
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Event catering · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Luxembourg · since 2026
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Kortenberg · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2003