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.
“Sofancy”
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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Hairdressing and barber services · Haaltert · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Tienen · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Allto · Removal services · Veurne · since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Koksijde · since 1991
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Aalter · since 2013
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Elsene · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Société des Auteurs Photographes - Fotoauteurs - Maatschappij · Elsene · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Multimedia Maatschappij van de Auteurs van de Visuele Kunsten · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 1979
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Molsheim · since 1982
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Abbreviation of SOCIAAL EN FISKAAL ADVIESBUREEL · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Seneffe · since 1996
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Development of residential building projects · Ittre · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
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Elsene · since 1968