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.
“Sobaco”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Nivelles · since 1972
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Vocational training · Comines-Warneton · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zaventem · since 1968
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Wholesale of machine tools · Waregem · since 1968
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Mettet · since 1984
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Manufacture of other wood products · Peer · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 1998
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Activities of interior architects · Oudenaarde · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sprimont · since 2021
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Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lochristi · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoeilaart · since 2025
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Rixensart · since 2025
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Waterloo · since 1983
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vorst · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société belge d'Analyse bioénergique · Ukkel · since 1976
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General construction of residential buildings · Oupeye · since 1979
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Assenede · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of SO BALI · Cafés and bars · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · Hensies · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · Beernem · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sambreville · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Hannut · since 2012
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since 1997
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Abbreviation of Société Belge d'Alimentation Saine · Elsene · since 1957
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Tournai · since 2007