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.
“SOVE”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 1989
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Nijlen · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Thimister-Clermont · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SOCIAAL VERHUURKANTOOR WAASLAND · Sint-Niklaas · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Sociëteit van Verkoop op Comptant en Krediet · Gent · since 1952
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Leuven · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE VETERINAIRE DE LIBIN · Veterinary services · Libin · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Essen · since 2016
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE VETERINAIRE DOUCET · Veterinary services · Aiseau-Presles · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Binche · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SoVeto SB · Veterinary services · Hotton · since 2022
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Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Poperinge · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2010
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LONDON · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Dimitri Driesmans · General electrical installation work · Lubbeek · since 2012
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General cleaning of buildings · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société de Vente et de Distribution d'Articles de Marques · Groothandel in onderkleding · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chaudfontaine · since 1974
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Vorst · since 1977
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Wielsbeke · since 1991
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Logistics services · Brugge · since 1995
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Damme · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Zottegem · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tournai · since 2011
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Ledegem · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2001
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Other tax advisory services · Evere · since 1989
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Roodt-sur-Syre · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Sociëteit voor Verkoop en Constructie · General construction of residential buildings · Middelkerke · since 1965
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Charleroi · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1993
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1987